Pentagon: F/A-18E/Fs Needed to Offset F-35 Delays

As Congress moves to flat-line F-35 Joint Strike Fighter purchases over the next two years, the Navy is buying more F/A-18E/F Super Hornets to offset any fighter gaps caused by the delay of the fifth-gen fighter, top DoD officials told lawmakers this month. From Bloomberg: “The department’s commitment to the F-35 is solid and we [...]...