Full buy of C-17s unaffordable, Rep. Furse says
Rep. Elizabeth Furse (D-Ore.) has told Defense Secretary William J. Perry that at $190 million a copy, the full buy of 80 additional C-17 airlifters "will be difficult to achieve," given competing U.S. Air Force budget demands. In a letter to Perry, Furse disputed the $190 million flyaway cost that...
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