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Posted on 10/29/2009 4:09:30 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
Shaw Air Force Base is on a short list of military installations being considered to house the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, officials announced Thursday.
The list, approved by the secretary and chief of staff of the Air Force, identifies 11 Air Force bases and Air National Guard stations as "candidate bases." McEntire Joint National Guard Base also made the cut from the original group of more than 200 installations.
"Outstanding!" said Col. Joe Guastella, commander of Shaw's 20th Fighter Wing, in a news release. "We are delighted and proud that Air Force and civilian leadership have recognized the value of Shaw as one of the top candidate bases for the Joint Strike Fighter. This is a great day for Shaw, for Sumter and for South Carolina!"
Air Force officials said they expect to announce "preferred locations" for the Joint Strike Fighter in late spring. After the Air Force completes formal environment impact statements on each area, it is expected to announce its final decision on where to house the F-35 by early 2011.
Ping.
I should hope that we will have enough to put them at more than one base.
You’re correct. I was gonna say that it’ll be hard to populate all those bases with the two fighters the Obamaloon administration will give us.
Hey, good solution, let the loon try to fly one solo. It’ll cost one good airplane, but folks will pay millions to purchase the video of the crash and burn.
No kidding, By the time this is over we’ll be lucky enough to have 65 of them.
By the time this is over we’ll be lucky enough to have 65 of them.
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No sweat. All we need is 57 to have one per each state.
Assuming they’ll be flying then...?
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