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Affordability is a key asset for JSF

By Sylvia Pfeifer

Published: December 2 2008 00:27 | Last updated: December 2 2008 00:27

The mission statement for the F-35 Lightning II or Joint Strike Fighter has not changed since the programme’s inception in the mid-1990s.

It reads: “Be the model acquisition programme for joint service and international co-operation. Deliver to our war fighters an affordable and effective next-generation fighter weapon and sustain it worldwide.”

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