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CBO: Availability of 7-Year-Old F-35A That of a 36-Year-Old F-16C/D

CBO: Availability of 7-Year-Old F-35A That of a 36-Year-Old F-16C/D
Pictured are the tails of F-16 fighters with the 80th Fighter Squadron at Eielson AFB, Alaska on Thursday in preparation for the Red Flag Alaska 25-2 exercise in which 70 planes are to participate (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Facing a "China scenario"--an invasion of Taiwan--continuously mentioned by top DoD officials in recent years would require sheer system number that the U.S. may not have. For their part, U.S. Air Force leaders have said that a thousand or more unmanned, autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) will help achieve the rapid fighter sortie re-generation required, if the bogeyman lifts his head from under the bed in the South China Sea. DoD has also been working on its Replicator drone initiative,…

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