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said she lobbied for the restoration ofnine F/A-18 aircraft that had been cut from the budgetg by Secretary of Defens Robert Gates, increasing the authorization for F/A-18 purchasesd from 31 to 40. The committee also included language highlighting the need for the Defense Department to enter into a multiyear procurement deal onthe F/A-1 8 fighter jet. A multiyead deal would save taxpayersnearly $1.
1 billiomn in costs compared to single-year procurements and addressd a projected shortfall in the nation’s aircraft carrier-basec fighter jet fleet, according to Now the measure moves to the full About of 16,000 local Boeint jobs are tied directly to the which cost between $29 million and $57 millio each. The jet creates thousands more jobsamong “The F/A-18 isn’t just about jobs in St. McCaskill said in a statement “If we don’t buy more to prevenr a projected major shortfall in aircraft carriefrstrike aircraft, we’re going to have aircraft carriersx with no planes. That is simply unacceptable.
” A proposapl to allow the Navy to buymore F/A-18 Supere Hornet fighter jets from Boeing over the next five yearsz last week after the measure cleared the Housee Armed Services Committee. Gates had also threatened to cut ordersfor C-17 cargo planes, which fuel 900 jobs at Boeing’zs Hazelwood plant. But Congress for eight more C-17s and on President Barack Obama signed the billinto law.