Navy urges House appropriators to restore rescinded F-35B funds

By Mallory Shelbourne / August 14, 2019 at 2:47 PM
The Navy disagrees with the House Appropriations Committee's choice to rescind fiscal year 2019 advanced procurement funding for the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter, arguing the move would set back the service's timeline for standing up the Marine Corps' second squadron of F-35Cs. The Navy's FY-20 budget appeal, obtained by Inside Defense , lists the service's disagreements with House appropriators' cuts to various programs in the FY-20 spending bill, in addition to rescissions of FY-19 funds the Navy has yet...

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