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The U.S. tanker fleet aircraft needs a new kind of air-to-air interceptor that can shoot down incoming missiles, the Air Force’s top acquisition official for mobility aircraft says. The comments by Kevin Stamey, program executive officer for mobility, reveal a revival of interest in new weapons that...
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