L'usaf réaffirme son soutien au F-35
https://www.f35.com/f35/news-and-featur ... plane.html
Pas question de réduire le budget
Brown, the U.S. Air Force’s top uniformed officer, confirmed that the Air Force’s program of record is 1,763 F-35As, and clarified that the Air Force is “not going to take money from the F-35” to fund the Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) plans.
on met en avant l'aspect économique
The F-35 also creates and sustains more than 254,000 direct and indirect high-paying, high-tech jobs for American workers across the country and abroad, generating more than USD $49 billion annually in economic impact. The F-35 program teams with nearly 1,900 U.S. suppliers – including more than 1,000 small business suppliers – in 45 states and Puerto Rico to produce thousands of components.
Concernant le cout à l'usage
Lockheed Martin is continuing to drive down the cost of the F-35 to provide 5th Generation capability at the same or less cost of 4th generation aircraft. Over the last five years, Lockheed Martin has reduced its portion of the F-35 cost per flight hour by 40%, lowering the cost of 5th Generation capabilities for F-35 customers around the globe.
Concernant la disponibilité de la machine
The U.S. Air Force’s 34th Fighter Generation Squadron recently completed exercise Red Flag 21-1 without losing a single F-35A sortie to a maintenance issue. The U.S. Air Force also recently flew F-35As more than 4,700 miles from Alaska – from negative 30 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit – to Guam for exercise Cope North 2021, where F-35s conducted Agile Combat Employment training on an austere airfield. Ninety-two percent of the parts flying on the F-35 today are performing at or better than specification – the other eight percent are being scrutinized for how they can be more reliable, available, and maintainable.
pour le moment pas de changement de cap
