The World’s Most Expensive Weapon Has Flopped

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

The World’s Most Expensive Weapon Has Flopped
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)

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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