Outgoing Air Combat Command chief Gen. Herbert Carlisle recently reiterated his position that the Air Force should ramp up its F-35A buy rate to 60 jets per year as soon as possible, despite calls from others within the service to maintain the planned rate through fiscal year 2022. The service plans to buy an average of 48 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft through FY-22, but some lawmakers and service officials, including Carlisle and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain...
