Small Aircraft Fleets Are a Big Drain on Air Force Budget, Study Finds
31 Oct 2019
Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk
The U.S. Air Force finds itself at a crossroads on what to do about its small aircraft fleets, which no longer fit within its budget strategy. It soon must look for new ways to combine or repurpose missions among these aircraft or get rid of them for good, according to a new report.
While introducing the Center for Strategic and International Studies' latest report, "The Air Force of the Future: A Comparison of Alternative Force Structures," Todd Harrison, director of the Aerospace Security Project for the think tank, explained that having limited numbers of certain aircraft is driving operational costs for the service at a time when it needs to be more conscious of where its money is going.
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