U.S. Navy could be taking delivery of just 12 F-35Cs a year in worse case scenario

The U.S. Navy is bracing itself for the possibility of buying just 12 F-35Cs a year in the 2020s stemming from budget shortfalls and competing requirements.

F-35C Lightning of VFA-101 takes off from Eglin AFB in August 2013
By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Naval Air Forces commander Vice Adm Mike Shoemaker showed the figure during a speech at Centre for Strategic and International Studies.

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