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USA: Senate proposed limit to the F-35 programme

Washington, USA - A maximum of 32 units per year

Rumors indicate that, for the fiscal year 2012, the US Senate committee proposed to block the production of the F-35 warplanes at around 32 aircraft per year until 2013; the commission recommended also a reduction of 695 million dollars in the F-35 programme. The democratic Senator Daniel Inouye, chairman of the defense subcommittee, said that the proposed cut would their expenditure for future...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1133859
Rome, Italy, 09/15/2011 18:03
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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