Troy Meink, President Trump’s nominee to be the next Air Force secretary, today committed to adding more aircraft to the service’s aging inventory, telling lawmakers the current fleet is the oldest and smallest in the Air Force’s history . “The thing I can speak to for sure is that the fleet is aging 30 plus years on average, some of the platforms, very critical platforms, are significantly older than that,” Meink said in response to questions from Sen. Ted Budd...
