The Government Accountability Office, that ever-flowing font of military advice, is at it again. It has sent forth a new report—"Tactical Aircraft: DOD Needs a Joint and Integrated Investment Strategy"—that takes a hard shot at service fighter plans. The watchdog agency does not attack the requirement for USAF F-22s, Navy F/A-18E/Fs, and joint-service F-35s. Rather, it directs fire at their supposed unaffordability. As GAO puts it, "These plans are likely unexecutable, given competing demands." It provides numerous charts and graphs making that point.
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