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Travis Korson
Travis Korson is the Manager of Public Information at the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C.
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A Congressional Research Service report (RL30563, issued May 2, 2022) tallies the total F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program at 2,456 aircraft. Including development costs, this works out to $2.4 trillion, the largest defense aircraft procurement ever. From the…
The United States currently suffers from three deficits: a fiscal deficit, a defense deficit, and an energy independence deficit. While current political discussions focus on our weak economy and drastically underfunded military, the debate on energy independence has stalled. This…