US Navy forced to replace F-35 with older warplanes

‘The US Navy has announced that it is willing to purchase older aircraft to deal with delays in the Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 fighter jet program, which is plagued with various technical problems.

Testifying before the readiness subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Rear Admiral Michael Manazir, director of air warfare for the US chief of naval operations, told lawmakers that the Navy would need to buy more Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets to avert a lack of strike fighters onboard its aircraft carriers, according to Reuters.

Manazir also said that the Navy was working to speed up maintenance of older-model F/A-18s.’

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