Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI) is cautioning the Air Force about its use of separate discretionary and mandatory funding requests to buy F-35 Joint Strike Fighters next year, telling service leaders they will likely not be approved to buy all of the 38 jets they want. “It’s an interesting concept, because usually the department comes to us with their priorities in place, representing the president's budget that is given to this committee, not an additional...