Defense Spending Bill Includes 16 More F-35s

Credit: F-35: USAF
The fiscal 2019 defense appropriations bill allots the Pentagon $1.7 billion for 16 additional Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft, according to the conference report on the legislation. A committee aide tells Aerospace DAILY those jets will be part of Lot 13. The additional 16 aircraft will...

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