The crash of an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter aircraft in South Carolina has raised numerous questions about what prompted the pilot to eject and how the $100 million warplane was able to keep flying pilotless.
With little more than a week until the fiscal year ends Sept. 30, the Air Force is set to finish with 1,350 new aviators instead of 1,470, according to 19th Air Force spokesman Benjamin Faske.
A Senate procedural maneuver by Tuberville this week forced Democrats to retreat from their earlier position — that confirming a few top officers individually with roll call votes would set a bad precedent.