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Senate Appropriators Back More F-35s For Navy, Marines

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, June 26th, 2018

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Senate Appropriators Back More F-35s For Navy, Marines

A Marine Corps F-35B lands on the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD-1),. (Photo: U.S. Navy )

The Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (SAC-D) approved a $675-billion fiscal year 2019 defense appropriations bill June 26 that would fund 89 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, 12 more than the Trump administration requested.The Marine Corps and Navy would get a total of 41 F-35Bs and F-35Cs, up from the request for 29 jets, according to a bill summary. The Air Force’s request for 48 F-35As would be unchanged. Increasing the overall quantity would help achieve economies of scale and reduce the per-aircraft…

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