The World’s Most Expensive Weapon Has Flopped

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A pilot sits in the cockpit of an F-35 fighter jet preparing for a training mission on March 15, 2017 in Ogden, Utah. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)

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The F-35 program could soon be scaled back—and possibly phased out—after gobbling up hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars.

Last week, the top officer of the U.S. Air Force told reporters he was launching a months-long “TacAir” study—short for tactical aviation requirements—into a “force mix” that would possibly involve what he imagined as a “fourth-and-a half/fifth-gen minus” aircraft.

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David Moore

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