Ten-year fighter plan is aspirational without money to back it up, Air Force says

By Vanessa Montalbano / October 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
If the Air Force is going to have a fighter force with "low" operational risk by 2035, as it detailed in a recent report, the government is going to need to figure out a way to pick up the tab for about 400 more jets, a service official told Inside Defense today. In its long-term fighter force structure plan -- which was sent to Congress this month -- the Air Force establishes a roadmap to procure F-15EX...

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