Increased squadron size would overtax unit leadership: USAF

U.S. Air Force officials say a recent General Accounting Office recommendation that the service seek infrastructure savings by increasing the size of its fighter squadrons from 18 aircraft to 24 would overburden the eight to ten people that make up a squadron's leadership. "We don't take exception...

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