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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Time Magazine Shoots At F-35, Misses

F-35B Lightning II |Last week, Time magazine published a lengthy diatribe against the Pentagon's biggest weapons program, the F-35 fighter.
The plane is being built in three versions to meet the diverse warfighting needs of the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy.

If it is successful, America can look forward to another four decades of global air dominance -- the warfighting edge that explains why no U.S. ground troops have been killed by hostile aircraft in 60 years.

If the program falters, there is no way that the Pentagon's aging fleet of tactical aircraft can deliver that kind of protection through mid-century.

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