Navy Aircraft Purchases Increase

The Pentagon's Fiscal 2006 budget plan, to be unveiled this week, provides for 138 Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, 23 more than the current fiscal year. It starts bringing the average fleet age down in stages to 15.9 years, by about 2011, from 18 years now. The service goal is 11 years. The total...

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