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Focus: The Pentagon - Dec 20, 2016

By bartolo - Posted on 20 December 2016

McCain slams $13B in Pentagon spending in latest waste report - TheHill

REPORT: America’s Most Wasted - mccain.senate.gov

General fires back at Trump: F-35 ‘not out of control’ (just needs another half billion to finish flight testing) - Defense One

F-35 chief: Loose bracket sparked fire on Marine Corps plane - defensenews.com

F-35's $400K helmet still blinds pilots on night flights - DoD Buzz

The F-35: What’s left to fix? - Aviation Week

Expert: Military becomes overly dependent on expensive weapons systems at the expense of lower-cost, perhaps more effective alternative, F-35 costs $40,000 per hour to fly - Bloomberg

F-16 designer: Applauds Trump, says each F-35 ‘harms American air power’ - Sputnik

VIDEO: F-35 pilot interview; Why did F35 lost to F16 - YouTube

Despite problems, F-35’s first test pilot still believes in the stealth fighter - Fresno Bee

Northrop's new combat drone could outclass Boeing F/A-18, Lockheed F-35 -- The Motley Fool

Unilateral negotiations still in play for F-35 contract with Lockheed Martin - flightglobal.com

Lockheed Martin wins contract for F-35 logistics - Pacific Coast Business Times

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Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James: F-35s likely heading to Europe in Summer 2017 to help NATO deter Russian aggression - Breaking Defense

The F-35 gets a big win as Israel scores $38 Billion in US military aid - The Fiscal Times

Is the F-35 deal a dud for Israel? - israelrising.com

New photos of Russian T-50 stealth fighter: Sputnik says 'the T-50 have superior maneuverability compared to the F-35, travels at a 30% higher speed with a range over 2,000 miles farther’ - CNN

US senior defense analyst says the Russia new stealth fighter T-50 'will lose every engagement' against U.S. F-35 and F-22 stealth fighters - daytondailynews.com

F-35 meet Russia’s stealth fighter T-50 - JewishPress.com

America’s F-35 fighter jet vs China’s J-20: A comparison - Business Insider

China’s J-20 ‘stealth’ fighter is inferior to the US F-35, lets slip Chinese expert - Chinatopix

Special battle of stealth fighters: F-35 vs China J-31 & Russia T-50 - Scout

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