John Thune actually said...

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

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

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

"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."