ANG proposes fighter recapitalization plan through FY-40 that makes no changes to current FYDP 

By Vanessa Montalbano / September 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- The Air National Guard says it has a roadmap to modernize its aging fighter fleet without cutting or changing the mission of active-duty units, countering an all-or-nothing approach the Air Force detailed in a recent report to Congress. “It is possible to divest the aging Total Force fighter fleet by the end of the third [Future Years Defense Program] with no changes to the planned, programmed and announced basing decisions in the current FYDP,” the component...

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