Fainting aside, Air Force says F-35 is OK

The F-35a, the Air Force version of the joint strike fighter. (Photo Lockheed Martin)
President Obama’s 2017 Air Force budget would slow the pace of buying F-35s. That’s the new fighter jet slated for Eielson Air Force Base. But top Air Force officials still speak highly of the plan to station them at the Fairbanks base.
Massive cost overruns and delays have dogged the F-35. But the Pentagon insists those problems are now under control. So it was unfortunate optics that the general i