[quote][b][url=/v3/forum/am%C3%A9rique-15/topic/united-states-air-force-33/?post=87483#post-87483]nico2[/url] a dit le 21/04/2013 à 11:26 :[/b]

[size=85]Jericho, as-tu conscience que moi aussi je me plais à faire preuve d'ironie acerbe ?[/size]  :mrgreen:  :ange:

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[url=http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/04/20/4790150/obamas-budget-plan-appears-to.html]Obama's budget plan appears to spare F-35 and V-22 programs[/url]

[quote]After months of angst, it appears that Tarrant County's major defense programs, the F-35 joint strike fighter and the V-22 Osprey, may avert the harsh spending cuts on the horizon in Washington -- at least for now.

The Obama administration has proposed a $526.6 billion defense budget that sets aside $8.4 billion for Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth-based F-35 in the next fiscal year, similar to the allocation for fiscal 2013. What's more, the budget request to congressional leaders is mute on cuts to Bell Helicopter's V-22 program.

"Pentagon policymakers have decided that they're going to protect the F-35 program," said Loren B. Thompson, an aerospace analyst at the Lexington Institute, a public-policy think tank in Arlington, Va. "And there's no chance at all for drastic cuts to the V-22 program for many years to come." (...)[/quote]

Plus loin dans l'article, l'expression utilisée est [i]Too much invested[/i]

[quote]Still, with so much already invested, the F-35 is here to stay, experts say. "There's really no way from walking away from this program. ... The government has to make it work" (...)[/quote]

Trop loin pour reculer, exactement ce que nous évoquions sur [url=http://forum.aviationsmilitaires.net/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=234&start=1095]le fil consacré au F-35.[/url][/quote]