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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain joined the Royal Australian Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force in the South China Sea for multinational exercises, Oct. 19, 2020.

Democratic appropriators want to spend more on weapons procurement than Biden

House appropriators proposed $1.7 billion more for weapons procurement and $1.6 billion less for development and testing of cutting-edge technologies meant to deter China.

2 years ago

F-35 Lightning II demonstration team

F-35 program on track to replace Turkey, say Pentagon officials

The U.S. has found alternate suppliers for all but a dozen components Turkey is producing for the F-35.

4 years ago

Lawmakers offer bill to block F-35 for Turkey

A new bill would bar the sale of the F-35 if Ankara buys Russia's S-400 system.

4 years ago

US Air Force defends F-15X buy to skeptical Inhofe, Reed

U.S. Air Force officials are defending their reversal to pursue Boeing’s F-15X, a fourth-generation fighter jet, saying it will not derail plans to buy F-35 jets.

5 years ago

Pastor freed in US-Turkey row that snared F-35 program

A Turkish-American diplomatic dispute that entangled the F-35 fighter aircraft program appears one step closer to resolution, but tensions between the two NATO allies remain over a host of issues.

5 years ago

F-35 inventory soars in new Pentagon spending bill

Lawmakers finalized a $674.4 billion defense spending bill. Here's what's in it.

5 years ago

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