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To: LindyBill who wrote (245944)	10/15/2008 7:54:30 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) of 793895

Breaking news: Air Force Plans Massive, Early F-15, F-16 Retirements to Save $3.4 Billion The Air Force is planning dramatic cuts to its fighter force in fiscal year 2010 in an attempt to find $3.4 billion to bolster other combat aircraft, munitions inventories, ISR and manpower efforts, InsideDefense.com has learned. In all, the service plans to retire 137 F-15s, 177 F-16s and nine A-10s in FY-10, according to internal Pentagon documents detailing the stand-down of Air Force jets in the 2010 program objective memorandum (POM). Pentagon acquisition chief John Young initialed the Aug. 27 document, which covers all of the services’ future program and budget plans, on Oct. 3, indicating he had reviewed it. In all, more than 300 fighters will head to the boneyard. defensenewsstand.com

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