GAO – US Government Purchasing Nearly 2,500 F-35’s
US Government Accountability Office | Apr 15, 2019 “In total, the program participants plan to purchase more than 3,300 F-35 aircraft, with the U.S. services planning to purchase nearly 2,500 of those aircraft.” – page 5 And a few excerpts from the summary: “F-35 aircraft performance is falling short of warfighter requirements—that is, aircraft cannot…