The F-15s supporting the Continental US NORAD Region are standing down under Air Combat Command’s fleet wide grounding order. We corrected the item in yesterday’s column.
USAF to Cut F-35 Buy in Future Years Defense Plan
May 14, 2021
The Air Force wants to scale back buys of the F-35 over the next five years, hoping to get sustainment costs down and to wait for the more capable Block 4 version, according to talking points prepared for Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. The reduced buy will…