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Primer on F-35 Performance, Cost, and Basing

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 05.25.2011

Winslow T. Wheeler

A Q&A provides a useful summary of the issues surrounding the F-35 and the factors that should influence where military units are based in the US, and some factors that should not.

A Tale of Two Pigs

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 05.25.2011

Winslow T. Wheeler

The Pentagon has a time honored tradition of assigning PR nicknames to its aircrafts. The moniker of Lockheed's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is "Lightning II," named after its glitzy but unsuccessful WWII fighter.