Table Of ContentGlobal Defense
Procurement and the
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
BERT CHAPMAN
Global Defense Procurement and the F-35
Joint Strike Fighter
Bert Chapman
Global Defense
Procurement and the
F-35 Joint Strike
Fighter
Bert Chapman
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN, USA
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In Memoriam: Albert T. Chapman, Jr. (1920–2010)
Mildred S. Chapman (1926–2017).
A
cknowledgments
Writing a book of this detail has been a time-consuming endeavor. Working
at Purdue University Libraries, I am truly grateful to have supportive and
collegial colleagues who understand the complexities and frustrations
involved in writing a scholarly book. It is a blessing to work at a research
library with a strong and enduring commitment to providing scholars
from all disciplines with access to so many research and data resources.
I want to give particular thanks to my supervisor Professor Erla Heyns
and Professor J.P. Herubel who have encouraged me to keep “plugging
away” at this endeavor and reassuring me it would eventually be accom-
plished. Additional gratitude goes to Purdue History Professor Michael
Smith, who was a constant source of support and encouraged me to try
Palgrave Macmillan as a publisher.
Anca Pusca, Katelyn Zingg, Hemalatha Arumugam, Vinoth Kuppan,
Dana De siena, and Leoselvakumar Periyanayagam have been consum-
mate professionals in guiding me through Palgrave’s publishing policies
and procedures and making constructive suggestions for enhancing manu-
script quality. This work has also been enhanced by the suggestions of its
peer reviewers. I appreciate the permissions granted by the American
Enterprise Institute, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and
Lockheed Martin to use maps and photographs in this work. Sarah Reifel
of Purdue’s Roland Parrish Library provided very helpful graphic design
input. Colin Anderson deserves credit for the powerful cover image.
I am also grateful for the encouragement of family and friends. My
brother Brent and brother-in-law Mark Gick are always interested in my
scholarly investigations, with Mark being particularly enthusiastic about
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aviation matters. The love and understanding of my wife Becky is an eter-
nal source of blessing and joy. She has traveled with me to sites such as the
Royal Air Force Museum and National Museum of the US Air Force to
share my infatuation with the JSF and endured my seemingly incessant
talk about this aircraft and its impact.
I’m sorry my parents did not live long enough to see this project reach
completion. Albert T. Chapman was a Marion, IN, high school chemistry
teacher whose interests went far beyond science and who positively
impacted family, students, colleagues, fellow church members, and a wide
network of individuals. My mother Dr. Mildred S. Chapman died on
September 20, 2017. She heard me talk about this project often and I wish
she could have lived long enough to see its culmination. She served as a
Taylor University Education and English Professor, and was acutely inter-
ested in my writing, and helped endow me with a commitment to detail
and presenting the highest-quality professional work and personal con-
duct. This work is dedicated to both of my parents and honoring their
enduring legacy.
c
ontents
1 Introduction 1
2 History of Jet Fighters 11
3 Emerging Military Aviation Trends and Potential US
Aerospace Adversaries 45
4 JSF and the United States 89
5 JSF and Australia 165
6 JSF and Canada 199
7 JSF and the United Kingdom 235
8 JSF and Denmark, Israel, Italy, and Japan 271
9 JSF and the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, South
Korea, Taiwan, and Turkey 305
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10 C onclusion 345
Glossary 371
Index 379
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ist of igures
Fig. 3.1 China air and naval assets by region. Source: U.S. Department
of Defense 2015 54
Fig. 3.2 China conventional strike capabilities or maximum missile
range. Source: U.S. Department of Defense 2016 55
Fig. 3.3 Known Iranian nuclear sites. Source: Hassan, Congressional
Research Service 57
Fig. 3.4 North Korean air forces. Source: U.S. Department of Defense,
“Military and Security Developments,” 2015 61
Fig. 3.5 Russia oil and gas operations. Source: Davies and Mugg,
American Enterprise Institute 63
Fig. 3.6 Russian strategic rocket forces. Source: Defense Intelligence
Agency 65
Fig. 3.7 Russian air forces air bases. Source: Defense Intelligence
Agency. Note: Moscow maintains aviation units in Armenia
and Kyrgyzstan, represented on the map by the two fighter
base symbols outside Russia’s borders 65
Fig. 6.1 Map of Russian Military Bases and SAR Centers in the Artic.
Source: Conley and Rohloff, CSIS 214
Fig. 8.1 Israel’s Minister of Defense Avigdor Liberman in the cockpit
of the F-35A Lighting II, June 22, 2016. Source: Lockheed
Martin 2016 283
Fig. 10.1 Joint strike fighter budgeted development and procurement
costs by service. Source: U.S. Government Accountability
Office 2017 346
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