USAF Faces Critical Target Shortfall

Funding shortages are putting the U.S. Air Force's supply of critically needed airborne targets for testing modern air-to-air and other weapons in jeopardy. The service is trying to replace both its QF-4 full-scale targets and the BQM-34 and MQM-107 subscale targets, but efforts are being hobbled by...

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