Whence the JSF Timetable: Reuters news service reports that Pentagon acquisition guru Kenneth Krieg held a set-to last week with DOD and service officials to lay out a timetable for acquisition of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. They met but produced no schedule, at least for public consumption. (Congressional Research Service defense analysts claim the program is being developed too fast.)
The U.S. Air Force marked an important first earlier this week when F-22 Raptors deployed to Clark Air Force Base, the first time U.S. fifth-generation fighters have ever deployed to the Philippines, the Air Force said. The F-22 deployment, which took place on March 13 and 14, comes as the…