Light-attack experiment could kick off this spring

By Courtney Albon / January 18, 2017 at 12:27 PM
The Air Force plans to launch an experiment this spring to consider a possible low-end, light-attack capability that could augment and relieve the strain on the current fighter fleet. Gen. David Goldfein, chief of staff of the Air Force, told reporters following a Jan. 18 event at the American Enterprise Institute the service plans to reach out to industry in the spring to see what existing capabilities might be able to perform the service's light-attack mission in a permissive environment...

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