The Weekly Debrief: How Many Aircraft Does The U.S. Air Force Need?
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An uncomfortable truth as the U.S. Air Force prepares to celebrate its 75th anniversary as an independent armed service next week is that its aircraft fleet is shrinking, yet not nearly as fast as its leaders would like. The Air Force proposes to retire 1,463 aircraft and buy 467 between fiscal 2023...
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