Heritage Flight F16, F15, A10, F4DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- F-15 Eagle and Strike Eagle, A-10 Thunderbolt, and the F-16 Falcon demo teams, older warbirds such as the F-4 Phantom, TF-51 Mustang and the P-47 Thinderbolt, and the new F-22 Raptor fly various formations over the mountains of Tucson, Arizona during the final portion of the Air Combat Command Heritage Conference held at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base March 5, 2006. This year's conference inaugurates nine years of flying old warbirds with modern day fighters to include the Air Force's newest stealth fighter.
(U.S. Air Force Photo by TSgt Ben Bloker)
Fleets Fade Away With Pentagon Budget Cuts -- Washington Times
Fleets fade away with budget.
America’s aging tactical Air Force - the jets that protect ground troops and strike hard-to-reach targets - is shrinking just as the Pentagon is cutting even more planes to achieve nearly a half-trillion dollars in spending cuts.
The trend has set off alarms among retired fighter pilots, some of whom wrote to Congress last month warning that U.S. “TacAir” is in trouble.
They fear the political pressure to drive down the deficit will mean there will never be enough money to replace 1970s jets with advanced aircraft to operate against rising militaries such as China‘s, which last year unveiled its own stealth fighter, the J-20.
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