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Air Force’s Unfunded Priorities Include More F-35s, Special Ops Planes

By Marc Selinger

Monday, June 5th, 2017

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The U.S. Air Force’s new unfunded priorities list includes billions of dollars to buy more aircraft in fiscal year 2018, including F-35A fighter jets, MC-130J special operations transports and KC-46A tankers.The Air Force would spend $1.8 billion to buy 14 more Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35A Lightning IIs, boosting its total FY 2018 purchase to 60 jets, the document shows. While the Air Force’s recently unveiled budget request would provide $5.4 billion for 46 F-35As, service officials have said they want to reach…

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