Mon, Jul 18, 2011
Speech Comes Shortly After Senator McCain Questions The
Program's Cost Overruns
The Air Force Association said Wednesday that Major General
C.D. Moore II, Deputy Director for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)
Program Office, will be the guest speaker for the July session of
the AFA Air Force Breakfast Program, to be held on Wednesday, July
27 at 0700 EDT at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel in Crystal
City, VA.
The Joint Strike Fighter Program Office is the Department of
Defense's agency responsible for developing and acquiring the
F-35A/B/C, the next generation strike aircraft weapon systems for
the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and many allied nations.
Gen. Moore is a U.S. Air Force officer and command pilot with
more than 3,000 flight hours in 30 types of aircraft. He has served
as a T-38 instructor pilot, an operational F-15 pilot and as an
experimental test pilot. He also served as commander of the first
F-22 squadron as well as a group commander at Eglin AFB, FL,
Materiel Wing Director of the F-16 System Program Office, and Vice
Commander of the Aeronautical Systems Center.
Previous assignments include Chief of Air Operations for
Multi-National Forces-Iraq in 2004 and Director of Special Programs
for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology and Logistics in 2008.
The program has come under fire from some members of Congress.
Earlier this week, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) sent out a Tweet
blasting the program for a $771 million cost overrun on the first
28 of the airplanes to be produced. McCain called the overrun
"outrageous," and said he plans to introduce a floor amendment when
the DoD appropriations bill is debated in the Senate to put the
program on "probation."
The AFA Air Force Breakfast Program is a monthly series that
provides a venue for senior Air Force and Department of Defense
leaders to communicate directly with the public and the press.
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