Two F-22 Raptors fly over the Pacific Ocean after a refueling mission, March 9, 2009. The Raptors are deployed from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, to the 90th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald
Air Force Will Lose Hundreds of Planes in New Pentagon Plan -- Danger Room
The Air Force is preparing to trim hundreds of aircraft from its aging fleet in order to meet an Obama administration austerity order. The move will strike many Air Force supporters as ironic. Because just as the fleet is set to shrink, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is getting ready to argue, at least implicitly, that the country needs it more than ever.
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F-35 program engineering reshuffle -- Eric Palmer blog
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Obama signs bill to accelerate TSA screenings for military personnel -- The Hill
Air Force: Firing For Effect? -- Time
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Risky Rescue for Crippled Air Force Satellite -- The Danger Room
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