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The Commandant of the Marine Corps recently testified to the committee that the Marine Corps will reach IOC in 2012 with a standing squadron ready to deploy.

The Marine Corps has an aggressive program of managing the operation life of all of its Harriers and Hornet models while waiting to introduce JSF into the operating forces.

The Marine Corps will continue to manage legacy fleets of Harriers and Hornets until introduction of STOVL JSF.

In your opinion does it make sense to increase concurrency between development and procurement?

Does there need to be a more open and insightful dialogue or debate on the significant challenges confronting the JSF program?

To what extent could an increased inventory of long-range bombers, in some ways, make up for the shortfall in Navy and Marine Corp strike fighters?

The current F-22 Raptor and JSF procurement plans would likely leave a gap of up to 800 fighter aircrafts by 2024.

The Navy has vastly expanded its estimate of size of the so-called fighter gap, putting the shortfall of fighter planes at 243 aircraft by 2018.

The F-35 program development schedule is likely to slip from 12 months to 27 months

We need to put whatever funding is available to ramp up F-35 production rates

Carrier aviation and our carrier strike group force structure are vital to executing our Military Strategy in support of the Nation's security and strategic objectives.

The Department of the Navy has identified a naval aviation strike fighter shortfall, which it projects to be more than 240 aircraft by 2018.

I would echo Senator Chambliss' comments about budgetary factors driving a lot of our decisionmaking.

The United States still has no plans to export the F-22s.

The Department of the Navy's strike fighter gap could be a problem, especially if the JSF slips in becoming IOC.

Let me move back to the fighter gap.

In terms of the TACAIR portfolio, are there any aspects of that plan with which you have any difficulty?

The fiscal year 2010 budget is an integral part of a much longer term process that will help insure defense dollars are spent wisely to address the threats that we face today and will likely face tomorrow.