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Air force says billions more needed to keep it dominant.(Front)
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The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
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February 19, 2008
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Byline: RICHARD LARDNER
By Richard Lardner
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Air Force officials are warning that unless their budget is increased dramatically, and soon, the military branch won't dominate the skies as it has for decades.
After more than seven years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Air Force's aging jet fighters, bombers, cargo aircraft and gunships are at the breaking point, they say, and expensive, ultramodern replacements are needed fast.
"What we've done is put the requirement on the table that says, 'If we're going to do the ...
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