US Air Force to cut back on JSF to buy 767s?

[Henry J. Cobb]

http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswire/2003/11/13/rtr1147489.html
Among systems that could be set back, other Air Force officials have
said, are Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F/A-22 multirole fighter and the
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

What with the Navy's cutbacks it looks like the Marines are the only
branch commited to the JSF these days.

-HJC

[Thomas Schoene]

Henry J. Cobb wrote:
> http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswire/2003/11/13/rtr1147489.html
> Among systems that could be set back, other Air Force officials have
> said, are Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F/A-22 multirole fighter and the
> F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
>
> What with the Navy's cutbacks it looks like the Marines are the only
> branch commited to the JSF these days.

Henry, I dub thee Chicken Little. The sky seems to be constantly falling on
you.

The Navy's JSF procurement cutback isn't a loss of confidence or anything
like it. It's simply a reflection of increased availability and lower total
numbers of aircraft deployed aboard carriers. I have no doubt they remain
comitted to the overall program, because they desperately want a serious
first day stealth capability, and only JSF can offer it.


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