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.
Canadians support the purchase of Swedish JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets instead of the American F-35A Lightning II.
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