Cutback on F-35 in 2008 rejected
U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England vetoed plans by the Navy and Air Force to cut the number of F-35s they would buy next year.
England told the Air Force to buy six fighters instead of four and the Navy -- which proposed to buy no fighters in 2008 -- to purchase six.
He also agreed to let both services buy fewer aircraft than planned between 2009 and 2013.
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