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New Navy, Marine Corps TACAIR Deal Not Driven By F-35B Woes

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Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

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By Carlo Munoz The Marine Corps plan to buy a number of Navy variants of the Joint Strike Fighter was not driven by the service's continuing difficulty to field its own vertical-lift version of the advanced fighter, according to service officials. Under a new Navy-Marine Corps agreement signed yesterday, the Marines will buy 80 F-35C fighters--or five fighter squadrons worth--and integrate those aircraft into the Navy's air carrier wing rotation beginning in 2016. The 80 Marine Corps-owned C variants are…

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Senate Budget Dems Push For Defense Reconciliation Spending Details, Cite ‘Slush Fund’ Concerns

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