Weldon didn't know of F/A-18E/F wing-drop before '97 markup

Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) said the U.S. Navy didn't tell him about the F/A-18E/F wing-drop problem when it first surfaced in March 1996, even though his subcommittee was considering the fiscal 1997 Super Hornet R&D request at the time. Asked by The DAILY yesterday in an interview on Capitol Hill if...

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