DON'T LET THE AIR FORCE FALL OUT OF THE SKIES

From: Roanoke Times & World News | Date: February 2, 2008| Author: Scott P. Van Cleef | Copyright information

"The Air Force is going out of business," the secretary of the Air Force recently said. "At some time in the future [aircraft] will simply rust out, age out or fall out of the sky. If you want an Air Force, at some point you need to buy airplanes." That time is now.

On Nov. 2, during a routine training mission over Missouri, an F- 15 fighter jet broke apart in midair. The canopy ripped off as the nose and cockpit broke away from the aircraft, breaking the Air National Guard pilot's le...

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