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No Air Force Participation In Fiscal 2017 F-35 ‘Block Buy,’ Officer Says

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No Air Force Participation In Fiscal 2017 F-35 ‘Block Buy,’ Officer Says
The Air Force's F-35A conventional variant. Photo: Air Force.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Though the Air Force is interested in a eventual multi-year "block buy" of F-35A conventional variant aircraft, it won't be able to participate in one by fiscal year 2018 due to budget "misalignment," according to a key officer.F-35 Integration Office Director Air Force Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian on Monday cited two reasons for this misalignment: one is the Air Force has just about solidified its budget for FY '17 and would have to "crack" it open to find…

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