The U.S. Air Force’s chief of staff wants the service to develop an affordable, lightweight fighter to replace hundreds of aging F-16s and complement a small fleet of sophisticated F-35 stealth fighters. But an affordable, lightweight fighter is exactly what the F-35 was first conceived to be.
    • KasDapital [any]
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      4 years ago

      Also put parts factories in as many states as possible so that any representative who votes against funding the project is seen as taking away jobs

    • MidnightInTheDesert [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Exactly, it was always a transfer of wealth program designed to make defense contractors an obscene amount of money.