Pentagon may reduce the number of F-35s in FY 2017 budget

The U.S. Department of Defense could reduce the number of F-35 stealth fighters is plans to buy in the fiscal 2017 budget plan due to spending caps imposed by Congress.

By DoD photo by Lawrence Crespo, U.S. Air Force. (Released) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Frank Kendall told reporters that other priorities needed funding as well.

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