Idaho Officials Make Pitch For F-35 BOISE, ID. (idaho) - Idaho officials at the local, state and national level are going into Mach speed to convince the U.S. Air Force to locate the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in Idaho. At stake is nearly a billion dollar boost to Idaho's economy as well as an estimated 15 hundred jobs. But bases in Florida, New Mexico and Arizona are also in the running and the competition is stiff. Boise State Radio's Don Wimberly has more .. © Copyright 2012, idaho