The Air Force's fiscal year 2017 budget request deals a blow to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and Long-Range Strike Bomber, while increasing investment in munitions procurement and modernization. As expected, the service's proposed $120 billion budget -- which the Defense Department released Feb. 9 -- defers procurement of five JSF aircraft in FY-17, but it also cuts 40 additional aircraft from its plan through FY-20, according to budget justification documents obtained by Inside Defense . Overall, the service's FY-17...
