Still cleaning up the favorites list of the "junk" to just get to my core refs for the PP.
1. F-22 still grounded though they're closer to finding the root cause and also checking into other planes including the F-35 for the same issue.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...be-widens.html
2. The hammer starting to fall with just a tap for now as the U.S. Senate tightens up on the cost overruns of the F-35.
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php...94&c=AME&s=TOP
3. The F-35 delays are causing the USAF (F-16), USN (FA-18) and USMC (AV-8B) to put money back into existing platforms to keep them flying and relevant. Another case of unintended consequences of the delays and the Congress has their calculators out tracking this as well as these a + in $ in the cost evaluations as previously reported.
http://defensenews.com/blogs/paris-a...or-usaf-f-16s/
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...-flying-02816/
http://www.dodbuzz.com/2011/06/15/re...rs-for-spares/
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...r-peanuts.html
Regards,
Pat