Air Force at Risk of Losing Its Superiority in Sky ; Unless Billions Are Spent to Modernize Fleet, U.S. Air Power Will Lag Behind Countries Like India and China, General Says.

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The recent grounding of the Air Force's fleet of F-15 fighters, after one of the planes broke up in flight over Missouri, was just a hint of the service's problems with what has been described as a "geriatric fleet."

The Air Force is flying KC-135 refueling tankers that average nearly 50 years old. A decision is expected soon on a new contract to begin replacing those. It has C-130 transport planes grounded because they are unreliable. The service is paying to have new wings installed on aging A-10 attack planes which were grounded because of wing cracks.

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Air Force at Risk of Losing Its Superiority in Sky ; Unless Billions Are Spent to Modernize Fleet, U.S. Air Power Will Lag Behind Countries Like India and China, General Says.

Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne and chief of staff, Gen. T. M...

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