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Senate pushes ahead with bigger F-35 jet purchase

By Travis J. Tritten
Published June 28, 2018 3:59pm ET
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Senate pushes ahead with bigger F-35 jet purchase
An F-35 jet arrives at it new operational base Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, at Hill Air Force Base, in northern Utah. Two F-35 jets touched down Wednesday afternoon at the base, about 20 miles north of Salt Lake City. A total of 72 of the fighter jets and their pilots will be permanently based in Utah. | (Rick Bowmer/AP)

A Senate panel approved an annual defense spending bill Thursday that adds $1.2 billion to the Pentagon budget to pay for 12 additional F-35 joint strike fighters.

The legislation would fund a total of 89 of the high-tech combat aircraft after the military asked for 77 for the coming year.

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