Air Force programs $400M in FYDP to buy light-attack aircraft

By Courtney Albon / March 13, 2019 at 11:54 AM
The Air Force’s fiscal year 2020 future years defense program proposes about $400 million for light-attack aircraft procurement between FY-22 and FY-24, and the service plans to buy a small number of aircraft this year to continue its testing and experimentation plan. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein told lawmakers during a March 13 Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing the service will buy a small number of light-attack aircraft from the two companies that participated in experimentation last...

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