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Officials: Air Force at breaking point
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WASHINGTON -- Air Force officials are warning that unless their
budget is increased dramatically, and soon, the military's high-
flying branch won't dominate the skies as it has for decades.
After more than six 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 therequirement on the table that says, If
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