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Jumper confirms Air Force plans to cut Joint Strike Fighter purchase
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report12/15/2004
The U.S. Air Force chief of staff confirmed Dec. 14 that the service intends to cut its planned buy of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.
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Loren Thompson, chief operating officer at the Lexington Institute, has said that the Air Force wants to cut its purchase of 1,763 JSFs by about a third (DAILY, Dec. 6). The change could be reflected in the Bush Administration's fiscal 2006 defense budget request, which the White House plans to send to Congress Feb. 7.
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps already have cut their JSF procurement from 1,089 jets to 680 as part of an effort to make their fighter force more integrated.
De beaux arguments en perspective quand on rencontre un américain qui compare le Rafale à 70 millions et le JSF à 35 8)