Retired military leaders to lawmakers: Don't ‘sacrifice funds’ for F-35 jets
By Talia Kaplan
Published May 01, 2019
Fox News
More than 100 retired military leaders sent a letter to members of Congress on Tuesday urging them not to “sacrifice funds from the F-35 program,†adding that the F-35, the military’s newest fighter jet, is “essential to countering emerging threats.â€
The letter included 128 signatures from retired admirals and generals, including four former Air Force chiefs of staff and a former chief of naval operations.
It was sent on the same day that the Air Force announced it had used its variant of the F-35 aircraft in combat for the first time, taking out an Islamic State (ISIS) tunnel network and weapons cache in Iraq.
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