U.S. Air Force needs 120 more F-16s after 2000, Senate panel told
The U.S. Air Force will need 120 replacement Lockheed F-16s and 18 to 20 McDonnell Douglas F-15Es to meet its plans to maintain 20 fighter wing equivalents in the coming decade, a senior service official said yesterday. The planes will be needed to plug a "very serious" attrition problem that will...
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