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U.S. Air Force and CAPE Conducting Tactical Aircraft Study, May Involve Clean Sheet for F-16 Replacement

U.S. Air Force and CAPE Conducting Tactical Aircraft Study, May Involve Clean Sheet for F-16 Replacement
The Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70/72 (Lockheed Martin Photo)

As Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin conducts a Global Force Posture Review, the U.S. Air Force and the Pentagon's Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) will run a tactical aircraft (TACAIR) study to inform needed fighter capabilities and numbers for the Air Force fiscal 2023 budget submission, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown said on Feb. 17. "One of the areas I am looking, we're pushing through is a TACAIR study for the United States Air…

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