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Kendall to Review Sustainment Costs for F-35A

Kendall to Review Sustainment Costs for F-35A
F-35As are pictured at Hill AFB, Utah on Jan. 6 last year during an exercise (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, who spearheaded a two-year production pause for the U.S. Marine Corps’ version of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 as Pentagon acquisition chief during the Obama administration, said that he intends to study sustainment costs for the Air Force's F-35A and to recommend ways to reduce them. "We've got to work very hard to get improvement for the F-35A," Kendall said in response to a question at a media roundtable on Sept. 20 at the Air…

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