
Air Force officials began hinting at plans to begin retiring legacy aircraft last fall, and service budget documents released Feb. 10 reveal plans to pull its oldest aircraft from across the fleets to fund technology priorities for joint all-domain command and control and next-generation air dominance in the fiscal year 2021 presidential budget request. The service plans to realign $4.1 billion across its portfolios away from aging systems that have become increasingly difficult to maintain and upgrade to invest in…