Navy Official Reiterates Support For F-35C, Addresses Fighter Gap

By Dan Taylor / May 24, 2010 at 5:00 AM
The Navy's acting director of air warfare told reporters at the Pentagon today that the service remains committed to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter carrier variant, insisting that the decision to enter into a multiyear deal for 124 Super Hornets and Growlers through fiscal year 2013 does not change that. "Oftentimes there is a discussion about the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet or some aspect of the JSF program that then leads the person to say, 'And thus the Navy is concerned...

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