Part of the United States’ military might stems from its air force.  Made up of all manner of air craft, the United States Air Force is set to handle any situation in which they take part.

Part of that is the new F-35 fighter jet.

But the project has been dealing with money problems, and President Donald Trump believes he’s gotten it back on the right financial track.

While speaking at CentCom, the United States Central Command center at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, President Trump noted the following about military spending, that "I have already saved more than $700 million when I got involved in the negotiation on the F-35."

PolitiFact Florida heard the claim and gave it a MOSTLY FALSE rating on the Truth-O-Meter.

Writer Josh Gillin said, at the beginning of February, Lockheed Martin announced they were saving $728 million on the program.  President Trump took credit for that and, based on the research, he had little to do with the announcement.

“Lockheed Martin actually did give him some credit for being in to negotiations, as well, and you know, so he starts to make this claim,” Gillin Said.  “But what we found out when we really dug into it was a lot of these things had been negotiated before he took office, and most of the savings are actually from efficiency that comes with just building more and more of these jets as the orders process.”

For that reason, President Trump’s statement received a MOSTLY FALSE rating.

SOURCES:  Trump says millions saved on new fighter jet program