The Defense Department plans to pare back its total aviation inventory by about 10 percent over the next decade, from 14,516 aircraft in the current fleet to 13,109 aircraft by 2026, according to a new Pentagon report on its long-term aviation plans. Three different fleet types -- airlift, cargo and utility aircraft; short-range fighter aircraft; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft -- would account for the bulk of the planned reductions that would shrink the total U.S. military fleet by...
