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Military Matters: Reform history -- Part 1

WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) -- When the world was young and hope dared live in Washington, a small group of people put together something called the Military Reform Movement. Its purpose was to measure U.S. defense policies and programs by the standard of what works in combat rather than who benefits financially. Launched in the 1970s, it peaked in the early 1980s and was gone by 1990. Why did it fail? It failed because, in a contest between ideas and money, the money always wins.

U.S. Central Command cuts staff size

TAMPA, Fla., March 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Central Command plans to reduce the staff at its headquarters in Florida by about 1,100 people, a report said Thursday.

Defense Focus: F-35 fantasies -- Part 2

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Air Force generals and air marshals have often despised or underrated the importance of tactical support of ground troops. The assumption that the new F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter can carry out this role in addition to its air combat superiority and fighter-bomber missions may prove to be a striking example of this old, stubborn mindset.

Defense Focus: F-35 fantasies -- Part 1

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is the most ambitious multipurpose fighter plane ever built, and that is precisely its problem.

Outside View: JSF costs crisis -- Part 2

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Like many of its multi-role predecessor aircraft, the F-35 may well turn out to be a “jack of all trades but a master of none.”

Outside View: JSF costs crisis -- Part 1

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- One of the most expensive procurements in Pentagon history, the Joint Strike Fighter program, has recently been estimated to cost just over $299 billion for nearly 2,500 aircraft.

Pentagon seeks $150B emergency funding

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The Pentagon is preparing to ask the new Democratic congress for as much as $150 billion in emergency war spending, the Los Angeles Times said Wednesday.

Analyst: War supplement loaded with pork

WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) -- The Senate's version of the 2005 emergency war supplement passed in April contains millions in "pork projects," Defense News reported Monday.

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