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Curtailing U.S. Air Force F-35A Buy, Increasing Procurement Rate Among Debated Items

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Curtailing U.S. Air Force F-35A Buy, Increasing Procurement Rate Among Debated Items
Four U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 356th Fighter Squadron at Eielson AFB, Alaska fly in formation over Andersen AFB, Guam as part of Cope North 21 on Feb. 6. The F-35A participated for the first time this year in Cope North, an annual multinational exercise designed to increase capabilities and improve interoperability among partner nations. This year’s exercise focused on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations, large force employment and combat air forces training (U.S. Air Force Photo)

While the U.S. Air Force has fielded some 250 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35As, at the current buy rate of 60 per year, it would take until 2048 for the service to field its planned number of 1,763. That number is in question, as the Air Force and the Pentagon Office of Cost Assessment and Program Assessment (CAPE) conduct a tactical aircraft (TACAIR) study on the service's future fighter needs--an undertaking announced last month by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.…

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