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Focus: The Pentagon - Jan 10, 2017

By bartolo - Posted on 10 January 2017

F-35 needs rigorous Trump team review, Pentagon tester says citing its 'well-documented deficiencies in critical combat capabilities’ - Bloomberg

DOT&E FY2016 Annual Report: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter - DOT&E

F-35 delayed — again — despite CEO's promise to Trump - Washington Examiner

Letter of Sen. McCain to Lockheed Martin CEO on the new F-35 delay - mccain.senate.gov

The most expensive F-35 variant has hit another major snag that could take years to fix, due to its nose gear during catapult-assisted takeoffs - SFGate

The Navy's F-35 may need a new landing gear - popularmechanics.com

Recent F-35 fire unrelated to previous problems: General - Defensetech

Cancel plans to purchase additional F-35 joint strike fighters and instead purchase F-16s and F/A-18s - Congressional Budget Office

Trump should cancel the failed F-35 fighter jet program, it 'showcases all that is wrong about our military's vendor-dominated, crony-capitalist procurement system’ - National Review

Blog: It's past time to kill the F-35, Stairway Press has just published a book about it - AmericanThinker

Could Trump really replace the F-35 with a Super Hornet? - popularmechanics.com

'One our adversaries should fear': US Air Force General Pleus describes how the F-35 is above and beyond the competition - Business Insider

Super Hornet ‘not interchangable' with F-35, says US Air Force Secretary - defensenews.com

F-35 pilot: 'Preposterous' to think an F-18 could do the the F-35's job - Business Insider

F-35 pilot: The common conception of dogfighting is way off, and the F-35 can excel at it - Business Insider

U.S. Air Force pilot: F-35 could beat Russia's stealth PAK-FA or China's J-31 in a fight - The National Interest Blog

This is how the F-35 is being tested against Russian and Chinese air defenses - wearethemighty.com

The F-35 Stealth Fighter has a super gun that can fire an insane 3,300 round per minute - The National Interest Blog

Marine Corps deploys first F-35 squadron to Japan: 'A true force multiplier' - Washington Times

Marine Corps F-35B integrates with NIFC-CA - Intercepts cruise missile target - Scout

Lockheed Martin's F-35: The U.S. Navy's secret missile defense system? - The National Interest Blog

America's military has a big problem: It's dead broke - The National Interest

Appeals court rules no transparency on Pentagon's top contractors - yahoo.com

Restoring America’s defenses: A Memo to the President-elect by Director of Central Intelligence (nominee) Pompeo and Director of National Intelligence (nominee) Coates - American Spectator

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