The Debrief: Sweetman’s ‘Trainwreck’ Tells Other Side Of F-35’s Complicated Story

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A year ago, a book co-authored by a key figure of Lockheed Martin’s founding F-35 executive team reached a predictably flattering conclusion about the program. “For better or for worse, in a very real sense the West has pushed in all its chips to bet on this one plane. The evidence to date, based on...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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