Letters: No support for the F-35

Granted, Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-35 fighter jet under development is a spectacular technological achievement, but could somebody please tell me who exactly is the enemy that we need to fight with 2,457 of these planes?

Is there another world war on the horizon that I don't know about? Our biggest threat seems to come from terrorists, and last I checked they don't have much of an air force.

Also — and I'm speaking as an ex-aerospace engineer — taxpayers should know that piloted combat aircraft are probably already obsolete.

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