U.S. Senators Demand Answers Before UAE F-35 Buy

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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.
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Two U.S. Senators pushed back on Oct. 9 against the Trump administration’s ongoing negotiations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to sell Lockheed Martin F-35s. The letter from Sen. Bob Menendez and Sen. Jack Reed—both Democrats and ranking members of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed...
Steve Trimble

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