Airlift Studies Stuck in Pentagon
Credit: ALENIA AERONAUTICA
Major decisions on the future of airlifters—including Boeing’s C-17 and Lockheed Martin’s veteran C-5, advanced C-130J and the new twin-engine C‑27J—are hung up in the Pentagon, awaiting the release of studies on the need for airlift. A study by Rand Corp. and the separate Joint Intra-theater...
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