USAF can meet airlift needs with just 100 C-17s, GAO says
The U.S. Air Force can satisfy its strategic airlift requirements by acquiring 100 C-17s instead of the planned 120, and save more than $7 billion in life-cycle costs, according to the General Accounting Office. The Dept. of Defense disagreed strongly, maintaining that 120 is the minimum requirement...
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