Colorado’s Buckley Air Force Base Passed Over For New Jet

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Buckley Air Force base in Aurora won’t be getting new F-35 fighter jets anytime soon.
The Air Force released a list Wednesday of five National Guard installations under consideration to get the costly aircraft in 2020, and Buckley wasn’t on it.
Buckley’s Air National Guard wing flies aging F-16s.
Colorado Republican congressman Mike Coffman, whose district includes the base, says he’s disappointed Buckley was passed over. He says the base could