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Air Force To Finish Force Structure Review In August

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, April 24th, 2018

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Air Force To Finish Force Structure Review In August

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein. Photo: Air Force.

The U.S. Air Force is studying how many more fighters, bombers and other aircraft it might need to counter growing threats from China and other potential adversaries, service leaders said April 24.The force structure review, which is due to be finished in August, is designed help the Air Force determine what its size should be to carry out the Defense Department’s new national defense strategy, which calls for building a more lethal military to address the return of great-power competition. “The…

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