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In Letter to Biden, 90 House Members Back Increasing F-35 Buy to a Minimum of 100 Per Year

Frank Wolfe

Friday, October 29th, 2021

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In Letter to Biden, 90 House Members Back Increasing F-35 Buy to a Minimum of 100 Per Year

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is briefed on the U.S. Air Force F-35A assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing at Eielson AFB, Alaska on July 24 at the start of Austin's seven day trip to the Pacific (DoD Photo)

90 House lawmakers have penned a letter to President Biden asking that the administration's fiscal 2023 budget ramp up the buy of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter to at least 100 per year. "We agree with Air Force Chief of Staff General Charles Q. Brown that, the F-35 is 'the cornerstone of our fighter fleet, and it will be for the foreseeable future,'" per the Oct. 19 letter to Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and acting director of the White…

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