Lawmakers move to cut US F-35 purchases over ‘long-standing’ sustainment issues

A provision in wide-ranging defence legislation covering Pentagon operations for 2025 would limit new acquisitions of the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter to 48 examples until concerns about availability rates and aircraft sustainment are addressed

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