Marines outline $2.7 billion worth of unfunded priorities to Congress

By Lee Hudson / February 26, 2016 at 5:21 PM
The Marine Corps has sent Congress an unfunded priorities list for fiscal year 2017 totaling $2.7 billion, the bulk of which would go toward aviation procurement including more Joint Strike Fighters, according to a document obtained by Inside the Navy . The service is looking to buy two additional F-35B short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing aircraft and F-35C carrier-variant jets for $750 million. The Marines also want to restore two MV-22 Osprey aircraft, at a cost of $150 million, that were deferred because of...

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