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"Costs need to be reined in on Britain’s £9.2bn fleet of futuristic warplanes to avoid a national ‘embarrassment’ for the Ministry of Defence (MoD), a decorated fighter pilot has warned.
Harrier hero Commander Nigel ‘Sharkey’ Ward was the commanding officer of 801 Naval Air Squadron during the Falklands War, based on aircraft carrier HMS Invincible.
Flying more than 60 missions, with three air-to-air kills, he was the campaign’s leading night pilot.
But now the war hero has written to the UK’s defence committee over fears the US Air Force could cut its number order of F-35 Lightning IIs – causing costs to soar for Britain’s own fleet of the stealth jets.
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/d...ntrols-over-uk-s-9-2bn-f-35-project-1-8449130
Harrier hero Commander Nigel ‘Sharkey’ Ward was the commanding officer of 801 Naval Air Squadron during the Falklands War, based on aircraft carrier HMS Invincible.
Flying more than 60 missions, with three air-to-air kills, he was the campaign’s leading night pilot.
But now the war hero has written to the UK’s defence committee over fears the US Air Force could cut its number order of F-35 Lightning IIs – causing costs to soar for Britain’s own fleet of the stealth jets.
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/d...ntrols-over-uk-s-9-2bn-f-35-project-1-8449130