Military spending


Here’s How the Military Wasted Your Money in 2014

On Dec. 22, Lockheed announced it had delivered 36 F-35s in 2014. Two of those went to Australia. Lockheed handed over 23 F-35As to the U.S. Air Force, four F-35Bs to the Marines and seven F-35Cs to the Navy.

“Thousands of men and women produced the 300,000 individual parts from 46 U.S. states and 10 other countries to make these stealth fighters,” said Air Force lieutenant general Chris Bogdan, F-35 program head. “They should be proud of their accomplishment.”

But the truth is the F-35 is a mess. After years of development, the plane’s software still doesn’t work. In June, the military grounded the planes when one of them caught fire on a runway in Florida.