Some F-35 history in the 2008 PDF below.
In 2008, LRIP-9 was to be around 228 aircraft.
Today? A 75 percent cut.
The roll-away price for 55 jets with no DOD procurement milestone-C in place. This is required to make any low-rate-initial production legal. And consider that the F-35 is likely to get shot down vs emerging threats (and some existing ones); that the F-35 is defective...as a total look of program management. It is less of a combat aircraft for what it is to replace; for a higher acquisition and sustainment cost. A very big step backwards. To date, the U.S. has spent over $115B on this program, for no complete, combat capability.
H/T- JSF News.
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