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January 9, 2020Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D

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Ten Reasons The F-35 Fighter Is Poised To Have A Super Year In 2020 (From Forbes)

January 9, 2020Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D

There was a time when the Pentagon’s biggest weapons program, the F-35 fighter, was assailed on all sides by critics.  Those days are long gone.  Today the program is a smashing success, and 2020 looks likely to be another step forward in the plane’s rise to dominance of the global market for tactical aircraft.  Nearly 500 F-35s have been delivered, the price of each variant is falling, all of the key performance objectives are being met, readiness is rising steadily, a thousand pilots have been trained, and nine nations are operating F-35s on their home soil.  As production and performance risk have been retired, it has become increasingly difficult for critics to find anything to complain about.  I have written a commentary for Forbes here explaining why 2020 is shaping up to be another banner year for the F-35 fighter.

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