Senator Rick Scott, alongside a bipartisan group of Florida colleagues, sent a letter to President Donald Trump on June 6, 2025, advocating for the deployment of F-35A Lightning II fighter jets to Homestead Air Reserve Base (HARB).

The legislators emphasized HARB’s pivotal role in national security and its strategic importance in countering threats in the Western Hemisphere.

The letter, co-signed by Senator Ashley Moody and Congressmen Mario Díaz-Balart, Gus Bilirakis, Neal Dunn, Carlos Giménez, Mike Haridopolos, Brian Mast, Cory Mills, Jimmy Patronis, John Rutherford, and Daniel Webster, thanked President Trump for his commitment to national security and a “peace through strength” approach. They argued that assigning F-35As to HARB would significantly advance this mission.

The Florida

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