The Air Force will ask Congress for permission to retire a number of its oldest C-5A aircraft when the service sends its finalized fiscal year 2011 budget proposal to Capitol Hill in the coming weeks. Still, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz this week left open the possibility of installing new engines on a portion of the C-5A fleet, a plan previously discounted when the program experienced cost growth at its onset. "I would say it's not necessarily...
