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Fifth Generation Fighters Vital to Respond to Future Crises in Pacific Theater, Commander Says

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Fifth Generation Fighters Vital to Respond to Future Crises in Pacific Theater, Commander Says
The first F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing lands at Eielson AFB, Alaska on April 21 last year. A total of 54 F-35As will be stationed at Eielson AFB by the end of 2021, which will make Alaska the most concentrated state for combat-coded fifth-generation aircraft (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Adm. Phil Davidson, the commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, told lawmakers this week that fifth generation fighters, such as the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 and F-22, are vital to respond to future crises in the region. "Certainly, fifth gen fighters, I would tell you, are the backbone of any of our planning for a crisis forward in the theater and would be needed at dispersed locations within the first and second island chain," he said during a March 9 posture…

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