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USAF Fighter Fleet Is Below Congressional Minimum
A Congressional Research Service report says the service has 1,098 fighters, while aging aircraft and sustainment gaps complicate efforts to rebuild the fleet.
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USAF Fighter Fleet Is Below Congressional Minimum
A new Congressional Research Service report highlights the growing gap between the U.S. Air Force’s current fighter inventory, its legally mandated force structure, and the much larger planned fleet. The U.S. Air Force is currently operating below the fighter inventory minimum established by Congress, even as the service is seeking to dramatically increase the size […]
·Rome, Italy
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The US fighter fleet is now an average of 27.4 years old as the USAF faces aircraft shortages, readiness pressures and a race to accelerate the F-35A, F-15EX and F-47 to maintain air power superiority in the Indo-Pacific.
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