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Zitat:Air Force Plans JSF Cuts
InsideDefense.com NewsStand | Carlo Munoz and John T. Bennett | September 08, 2006
The Air Force plans to reduce its expected purchase of Joint Strike Fighters by 72 aircraft in the service’s proposed six-year spending plan due to skyrocketing costs in the Lightning II program, defense officials tell Inside the Air Force.
The proposed reduction, roughly the equivalent of one fighter wing, is part of the Air Force’s fiscal year 2008 spending plan that the service submitted to the Office of the Secretary of Defense on Aug. 15. That budget blueprint spans fiscal years 2008 to 2013. ...