That's Enough

The Defense Department will only base 59 multiservice F-35 Joint Strike Fighters at Eglin Air Force Base, FL, the Pentagon announced this week. "The Air Force has completed its initial analysis of a full range of alternatives and determined that basing 59 F-35s at Eglin's main base is the preferred alternative," Kathleen Ferguson, Air Force deputy assistant secretary for installations, said in a July 28 statement. The Defense Department initially planned to base more than 100 multiservice F-35s at Eglin, which will serve as the U.S. and international JSF school house.