Key lawmakers grew frustrated with the F-35 program earlier this year, as critical upgrades stalled and jets piled up at Lockheed Martin's Texas factory.
In a first from Guam, the Missile Defense Agency intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target off the coast using a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA.
The Air Force will keep maturing the technology for a potential sixth-generation NGAD fighter, but will let the Trump administration decide how to proceed.
