US Air Force Needs the F-35 and A-10: Outgoing Secretary
An A-10C Thunderbolt II with the 188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard conduct close-air support training Nov. 21, 2013, near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.
By Marcus Weisgerber Read bio
January 6, 2017
As the Obama administration’s time grows short, Deborah James puts in a word for two polarizing aircraft.
The U.S. Air Force needs the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and A-10 Warthog, outgoing Secretary Deborah Lee James said, of the two planes that have polarized debate throughout her tenure.
Most recently, the Lockheed Martin-made F-35 was thrust into the national spotlight by President-elect Donald Trump, who tweeted about its long history of cost overruns and said that he has asked rival Boeing to “price-out a comparable” F/A-18 Super Hornet.
On Friday, James replied that it would be “apples and oranges” to compare the older plane to the F-35.
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