March 28, 2024

Local Aviator Calls for Halt of F35-B

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Retired Navy test pilot and Department of Justice Inspector Chip Dudderar of Hollywood Maryland, calls for an end to work on the F35-B in deference to its more successful F35-A and -C siblings, reports Aviation Week’s War is Boring blog. The Dewline reports, the F35-C refuels from KC-135 and the Navy has started operating F35-C with VFA-101.

US and China navies complete joint counter-piracy activities in Gulf of Aden, reports Defense.gov.

The Triton will exceed cost targets set in 2008 according to the Navy’s formal report on the $26.8 billion effort to develop a naval variant of the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft, reports Inside Defense.com. (Paywall.)

Breaking Defense says Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s strategic review will not provide the Pentagon with a menu of budget cutting options but instead force unwanted budget reductions. The budget fights will continue, reports Gov Exec, when the federal debt ceiling is met in mid-October.

South Korea chooses the F-15 but its air force still wants the JSF, reports Aviation Week.

Noting the US invasion of Iraq based on weapons of mass destruction never found, Russia warns the US against unilateral action in Syria, reports Reuters. Secretary of State John Kerry makes the case for military strikes, reports The Hill.

The Pentagon notified Congress of  $13 billion in prospective Middle East arms deals with $10 billion in pre-approved sales to Saudi Arabia and Iraq, reports Defense News.

If we want to be unhappy, we’ll be unhappy, even if required to work fewer hours, reports The Atlantic.

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