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Air Force

Calvert: ‘We Can’t Afford a Repeat of the F-35 Program’

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, May 6th, 2025

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Calvert: ‘We Can’t Afford a Repeat of the F-35 Program’

Pictured is U.S. Air Force Capt. Harry McMahon, a pilot with the 4th Fighter Squadron, standing outside the cockpit of an F-35A Lightning II during Exercise PANTHER SHADOW in Wendover, Utah on April 24 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force F-47 future manned fighter by Boeing [BA] should take lessons learned from the Air Force/Navy/Marine Corps program for the Lockheed Martin's [LMT] F-35, Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee's defense panel (HAC-D), said on Tuesday. "I was pleased...that the Air Force will be moving forward with the F-47, which was unfortunately delayed at the direction of the former [Air Force] Secretary [Frank Kendall]," Calvert said at the start of a HAC-D…

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