Cuts May Force US Air Force to Retire Whole Fleets

摘要

Potential budget cuts are forcing the US Air Force to look at radical reductions in its force structure. "I have no idea how much money the Department of Defense will have in 2014, much less beyond" said Admiral James Winnefeld, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the 2013 annual Air Force Association convention. Looking at the impending cuts, he told the Washington assembly on September 18 that achieving "capability over capacity", would be the objective for the remaining force.