06/15/2025
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"If sequestration remains in fiscal year 2016 and beyond, the Air Force currently plans to defer 15 F-35A aircraft."
"They need to have helicopters that are state-of-the-art."
"I would also like assurance that when the investigation is concluded, that there again be a level of transparency with reports with the outcomes."
"I will continue to maintain that when we are talking about the proximity to the Pacific theater, the polar considerations, that Alaska and particularly Eielson is the ideal location for the F-35s."