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USAF Wants F-35 Acceleration As Audit Reveals Significant Cost Growth

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Friday, March 13th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic Air Force officials said yesterday that the service is seeking to accelerate the production of F-35 Lightening Joint Striker Fighter (JSF) jets, just as a new audit of the program revealed that the move could increase program costs by as much as $33.4 billion. The proposed acceleration would decrease the unit cost of the airplanes, according to Lt. Gen. Mark Shackelford, the military deputy to Air Force acquisition executive Sue Payton. "We'd like to accelerate the production…

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