Congress set to limit Air Force fighter jet retirement plans

By Shelley K. Mesch / December 7, 2023 at 11:49 AM
Congress is teed up to place limits on several Air Force-requested aircraft divestments in its fiscal year 2024 defense policy bill . The bill places a temporary floor on the number of fighters in the Air Force’s primary mission aircraft inventory, according to the conference report released late Wednesday . For FY-24, the service would need to keep a minimum of 1,112 fighters in the fleet. The bill would order the Air Force secretary, Air National Guard director and Air...

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