Proposed Bill Would Block U.S. Air Force Squadron Cuts

Brian Everstine June 02, 2023

A-10s with the Indiana Air National Guard’s 122nd Fighter Wing. 

Credit: Air National Guard
The U.S. Air Force’s plan to cut hundreds of aircraft over the next five years is too risky in the near-term, a small group of bipartisan lawmakers argues, while pushing a new measure that would force the service to limit how many fighter squadrons it reduces. The proposal, the Fighter Force...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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