Air Force's $10.7B wish list would ramp F-35 procurement to 60 in FY-18

By Courtney Albon / June 2, 2017 at 10:50 AM
The Air Force's $10.7 billion unfunded priorities list for fiscal year 2018 would pay for 14 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft -- enough to bring the Air Force to its desired 60-jet-per-year procurement rate sooner than expected. The list , which Inside Defense obtained June 2, also includes $6.7 billion for readiness and modernization, $772 million for space programs, $360 million for nuclear deterrence operations, $563 million for cyber, $1.8 billion for infrastructure and $504 million for various airmen-focused...

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