During a 2017 hearing Sen. John McCain called the fighter platform cost a scandal after the military revealed that a $400,000 pilot's helmet is part of the F-35 as history's first trillion-dollar weapons system.
Almost since its inception, the F-35 has been criticized by acquisition experts and politicians from both parties for its soaring costs. Longtime chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee John McCain called it a “poster child for acquisition malpractice” as he took the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin to task for delays and cost overruns. [Lockheed Martin defends F-35 Joint Strike Fighter after criticism from Defense chief]Investigators aren't yet certain what caused a $145 million Marine Corps F-35B to crash in Albuquerque but it's clear that America is no safer with politicians like Mr. Thune and rank mercenaries funding and manipulating the military.
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