The Air Force faces a Herculean labor: replacing more than $400 billion worth of obsolete equipment before it either completely breaks down or a world adversary takes advantage of the situation. "We're living off the capital investments, in many of these fundamental areas," that were made during the 1980s, said Air Force acquisition chief William A. LaPlante. In an interview with Air Force Magazine, he noted, "It was never planned" that any of the systems now overdue for replacement would remain in service as long as they have, and now the day of reckoning has simply arrived.
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机译：空军面临着艰巨的劳动：在局势完全崩溃或世界敌手利用之前，更换价值超过4,000亿美元的陈旧设备。空军采购负责人威廉·A·拉普兰特（William A. LaPlante）表示：“我们依靠的是许多基本领域的资本投资，这些投资是在1980年代进行的。”在接受《空军杂志》采访时，他指出：“从未计划过”，任何逾期未更换的系统只要能够使用就可以继续使用，而如今，计算的日子已经到了。
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