F-35 Lightning II

documents

JSFPO Deficiency Report Metrics 28 February 2020 F-35 Aircraft Sustainment: DoD Needs to Address Substantial Supply Chain Challenges Readiness for Formal Entry into F-35 Initial Operational Test and Evaluation F 35 Affordability Strategy JSFPO Deficiency Review Board Minutes, 04 June 2018

letters

Defense Policy Bill Should Enhance Accountability and Reduce Costs Congress Needs to Demand More Accountability for F-35 Replacement Parts POGO Urges Congress to Make Future F-35 Spending Contingent on Correcting Known Design Flaws POGO to Defense Bill Conferees: Increase Accountability and Strengthen Pentagon Spending Oversight POGO Tells National Defense Authorization Act Conferees to Prioritize Troops and Taxpayers, Not Contractors POGO to Congress: Don't Change Testing Standards POGO Urges Air Force to Delay F-35 Basing Decision Groups From Right to Left Call on Congress and the President to Find Savings at the Pentagon POGO Letter to Senators Levin and McCain regarding the Pentagon request for multiple fixed wing aircraft as part of the FY 2007 Emergency Supplemental Request for the Global War on Terror

resources

Fact Sheet: Close Air Support Capability in Jeopardy POGO Recommendations for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

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The Bunker: A Botched Probe Into a Botched War’s Ending

analysis | September 20, 2023

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The Bunker: Threat Du Jour

analysis | September 13, 2023

The Bunker: Designed and Delayed into Oblivion

analysis | March 24, 2021
The F-35 and Other Legacies of Failure

analysis | March 19, 2021
The Bunker: A New Death Star in the Defense Department

analysis | March 10, 2021
Is the F-35 Program at a Crossroads?

podcast | March 8, 2021
Is the F-35 Program at a Crossroads?

analysis | February 23, 2021
Should Michèle Flournoy Be Secretary of Defense?

analysis | November 20, 2020
The Bunker: High Seas of Make-Believe

analysis | October 21, 2020
Selective Arithmetic to Hide the F-35’s True Costs

analysis | October 21, 2020