USAF Looks To Modernize Fleet And Prepare For Next-Gen Airlift

Air Force C-17

The Air Force seeks new engines to reduce the C-17’s fuel burden.

Credit: Senior Airman Haiden Morris/U.S. Air Force
While the U.S. Air Force is in the early stages of studies for its future tankers and airlifters, Air Mobility Command is creatively budgeting for certain modifications of its aging fleet and asking industry for help. The potentially biggest ask focuses on the military’s mobility workhorse: the...

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