Potential F-35 Cutbacks Prompt Questions from UK Lawmakers

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Reviews have committed the UK to 138 F-35s over the lifetime of the program but no aircraft beyond the first 48 have been budgeted for.
Credit: RAF
LONDON—The UK Parliamentary Defense Committee has written to the government over concerns that the UK may not buy its full complement of Lockheed Martin F-35 combat aircraft. The letter from committee chairman Tobias Ellwood to defense procurement minister Jeremy Quin, sent Aug. 26, emerged as...

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