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Air Force

Schwartz Sees 38 Joint Cargo Aircrafts As ‘Floor’

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Friday, May 22nd, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force's top officer said yesterday the number of C-27J Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) could be increased above the 38 airplanes proposed in the Pentagon's budget, but predicted the program's transfer to the Air Force will not change. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) was among the senators who quizzed Air Force leaders yesterday on the Pentagon's call to transfer the nascent Army-Air Force small-cargo-airplane program to Air Force control and cut the…

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