Schwartz defends reduced F-35 combat radius
By Marcus Weisgerber | AFT
"Gen. Norton Schwartz, the Air Force chief of staff, told members of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee Tuesday that reducing the combat radius of the F-35A by five miles is more cost-effective than modifying the fighter to meet performance goals set a decade ago.
“The difference between the key performance parameter for distance versus the estimate for performance is five miles,” Schwartz said at the hearing. “The question to me is: How much do we want to invest in order to recover that five-mile margin? It was a judgment call and I think not an unreasonable one.”"
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