Frank Kendall, candidate of US President Joe Bayden to the post of Minister of Air Force (Air Force), called the way to reduce the cost of exploitation of fifth generation F-35 Lightning II, writes Breaking Defense.
“The key to reducing the cost of air fleet is to increase the number of [aircraft],” said Kendall. According to him, “there is a very strong correlation between the fleet size and the cost of its content.”
According to the candidate for the post of US Air Force Minister, the Pentagon should pay attention to the “cost reduction and maintenance of reasonable paces of procurement” F-35 Lightning II program.
In May, Kendall confirmed that it supports the acquisition of the Pentagon 145 strategic minority bombers B-21 RAIDER.
In the same month, Air Force Magazine said that following the 2020 fiscal year, F-35A Lightning II turned out to be the most efficient US Air Force fighter.