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McCain Rips Carter For F-35 Cost Overruns

Pat Host

Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

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McCain Rips Carter For F-35 Cost Overruns

F-35A conventional Air Force variant of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Photo: Air Force.

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) prior to the election ripped Defense Secretary Ashton Carter for "yet another delay" in the F-35's completion of system development and demonstration (SDD) with a potential cost overrun of more than $1 billion.In a Nov. 3 letter, McCain was most disturbed that Pentagon leaders like Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) Michael Gilmore foresaw this latest delay and cost overrun while Air Force leadership ignored it. McCain said Gilmore warned…

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