Loading ...USA – Pentagon Can’t Account For Thousands Of Ultra-Expensive F-35 Parts Globally
Congressional watchdog finds “The operation & support bill for the F-35 may reach an estimated $1.4 trillion through 2088.”
Just three weeks ago Defense News published an extensive investigative report which posed the question in its headline, Lockheed eyes new F-35 parts deal, but can it handle wartime demands? The report introduced:
By the end of the year, a new and unusual deal for the F-35 fighter?s spare parts could be in place — one that would flip the current supply model on its head.
If the proposed performance-based logistics contract works the way F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin has promised, it will save the government money, improve the availability of spare parts and give the company greater flexibility on how it assists repairs, such as making it easier to fix a broken part without fabricating a new one.
Fast-forward to Tuesday, and the congressional watchdog Government Accountability Office (GOA) released a devastating report which reveals the entire question of “saving the government money” to be laughable and way off.
The biggest boondoggle in history, the F35! Fly it against Russian air defence and watch a half million dollar missile bring down a hundred million dollar jet.
I always wondered why it take sooooooooooooooooooooooooo many years before delivery as is the story for EU. So all these overpaid weaponry is actually bribes and corruption overpaid in disguise.
People should stop paying taxes except possibly VAT.