
The head of Air Combat Command (ACC) believes the Air Force is ready to increase its F-35 buy rate to 60 aircraft per year after working out a concurrency issue earlier in the program.Air Force Gen. Herbert Carlisle told a House panel Wednesday the near-term goal is 60 aircraft per year but, ideally, he’d like 80 aircraft per year, though he questioned how that would fit among the service’s budget priorities. Currently, 48 F-35s are produced each year, he said…