Pictured is an F-35A Lightning II from the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill AFB, Utah on Feb. 22 (U.S. Air Force Photo)
A House-Senate fiscal 2024 appropriations conference agreement says that it will add $277 million for 3 U.S. Air Force F-35A fighters by Lockheed Martin [LMT]. The agreement would thus raise the service’s Lightning II buy from 48 planes this fiscal yr…