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Utah’s role in the F-35 deal
Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon have reached an initial agreement to produce 850 F-35 jets over the next 10 years. It’s one of the largest long-term defense production commitments in years. A bipartisan group of 15 governors, from Texas to Vermont, sent letters backing the program. They pointed to the high-skilled manufacturing, engineering, maintenance and logistics jobs it supports across the country.
Utah is a big part of that picture. Here, the F-35 program supports nearly 5,500 high-tech, high-paying jobs and 19 supplier locations, with $675 million in economic impact. Hill Air Force Base is home to the F-35A Demonstration Team and the Ogden Air Logistics Complex.
Read the governors’ support letters →
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