US DOD F-35 buy plan missing lots of jets

I did a post not too long ago. US DOD F-35 buys have been flat for 5 years not 4 years.

Below is a comparison to today's F-35 progress with DOD annual airframe buys vs. a 2003 plan.








"FRP" means "full-rate-production". The old plan only had 6 LRIP batches.


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