F-35 and F-22 programs are on divergent paths

Posted on: Jun. 18th, 2008 || Source: star-telegram.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

Clear air, politically speaking, appears to lie ahead for the F-35 joint strike fighter program after Lockheed Martin’s successful flight test last week of the first redesigned version.

The same probably can’t be said for Lockheed’s F-22 after Defense Secretary Robert Gates recently sacked the aircraft’s most vocal Air Force proponents.

The test of the F-35B Lightning II short takeoff-vertical landing model on June 11 prompted a vote of confidence from one senior civilian Pentagon official.

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