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Air Force Requesting Funds For Light Attack Aircraft Experiment, Open To RPAs

Pat Host

Thursday, February 23rd, 2017

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Air Force Requesting Funds For Light Attack Aircraft Experiment, Open To RPAs

Embraer's A-29 Super Tucano. Photo: Embraer

The Air Force is requesting money to perform its upcoming light attack aircraft experiment, the service’s chief of staff, Gen. David Goldfein, said Thursday.The Air Force is planning an experiment to see what type of off-the-shelf aircraft could fulfill a light attack aircraft requirement. While an Air Force spokesman said earlier this year that the service was planning for this experiment in the spring, Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek would only say Thursday that the service was looking to perform…

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