Tanker Deal Imposes Fiscal Constraints on Air Force

Credit: DASH 2/RICK LLINARES
The bill from the KC-767 tanker deal struck between the Pentagon and Congress is sending shockwaves through the U.S. Air Force and may have already killed a nascent effort to buy additional F-15Es or F-16s to avoid looming force structure shortfalls. USAF officials were assessing the feasibility of...

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