Air Force Warns of Decline Without More Funds ; Wants 17 Percent Boost in Budget This Year
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › February 20, 2008
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WASHINGTON Air Force officials are warning that unless their budget is increased dramatically, and soon, the military's high- flying branch won't dominate the skies as it has for decades.
After more than seven years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Air Force's aging jet fighters, bombers, cargo aircraft and gunships are at the breaking point, they say, and expensive, ultramodern replacements are needed fast.See the full content of this document
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Air Force Warns of Decline Without More Funds ; Wants 17 Percent Boost in Budget This Year
"What we've done is put the requirement on the table that says, 'If we're going to do the missions you're going to ask us to do, it will require this kind ...
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