Topic: F-35 fighter

U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning stealth fighter flies over the San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California on October 13, 2019. (Yichuan Cao/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The Pentagon's $2 trillion disaster

Lucian K. Truscott IV
FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, file photo, an F-35 jet arrives at its new operational base at Hill Air Force Base, in northern Utah. Shares of Lockheed Martin fell Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, as President-elect Donald Trump tweeted that making F-35 fighter planes is too costly and that he will cut "billions" in costs for military purchases. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) (AP)

The costly, underwhelming F-35 fighter

William J. Astore - TomDispatch.com