US Air Force Hopes Radical Acquisitions Program Will Spawn F-35 Successor

US Air Force Hopes Radical Acquisitions Program Will Spawn F-35 Successor
A F-35 fighter jet takes off for a training mission at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah on March 15, 2017. George Frey/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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Inspired by the Cold War program that spawned the first U.S. supersonic fighter jets and bombers, the Air Force has once again identified the need for speed.

But not airspeed. Acquisition speed.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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