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Pentagon scales back F-35, F-15EX fighter buys in FY25 budget request
« on: March 12, 2024, 09:38:17 am »
Pentagon scales back F-35, F-15EX fighter buys in FY25 budget request

Across the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, the Pentagon will purchase 21 fewer fighter jets than originally expected for the 2025 fiscal year, dropping a planned buy of 107 to 86.
By   MICHAEL MARROW
on March 11, 2024 at 2:45 PM
 

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon plans to buy 21 fewer new fighter jets in fiscal 2025 than previously projected, slashing planned buys of both the Lockheed Martin F-35 and Boeing F-15EX amid constraints imposed by congressionally mandated budget caps.

The Air Force is also cutting in half its planned procurement of the Boeing-made T-7A training aircraft for the coming fiscal year.

In last year’s budget request, the Air Force projected to buy 48 F-35As and 24 F-15EXs in FY25 for a total of 72 jets, whereas the Department of the Navy, which includes the Marine Corps, planned to purchase 35 F-35s — 16 F-35Bs and 4 F-35Cs for the Marines, plus 15 F-35Cs for the Navy.

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/03/f35-f15ex-fighters-procurement-fy25-budget-fighter-jets-how-many-f35s-is-us-buying/?_ga=2.64363430.807840925.1710010984-942942739.1625582143
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Re: Pentagon scales back F-35, F-15EX fighter buys in FY25 budget request
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2024, 09:43:02 am »
It seems the operative words for the FY 2025 military budgets are cut, reduce, scale back, etc.  I admit there is some fat that could come out of the military, but I hope it is fat and not steak. :nono:
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