You can NOT be serious! {/McEnroe}
The US Air Force announced Tuesday a two-year delay in the production of its new F-35 stealth fighter, touted as the future of the American air fleet.
Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, the civilian head of the department, told reporters that the Joint Strike Fighter, scheduled for use by 2013, would now not be ready until the end of 2015.
"I do think we're going to have a slip" in the schedule, Donley said, raising fresh questions about the F-35 project, involving nine other countries and portrayed as a model for a more efficient, streamlined weapons program.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates a month ago sacked the general in charge of the F-35 program and said he would withhold 614 million dollars in performance fees from contractor Lockheed Martin over a series of cost overruns and delays.
By: Brant
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