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Air Force

Paper Urges Killing Raptor, Osprey, DDG 1000, And Buying Just One Sub Per Year

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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

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By Dave Ahearn A new paper urges killing the Air Force F-22 Raptor supersonic-superstealth fighter aircraft program, the Air Force-Marine Corps V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, the Navy DDG 1000 destroyer, and also urges abandoning plans to increase Virginia-class submarine purchases from one to two per year. Another recommendation is that missile defense programs be kept indefinitely in a research and development mode. For the Army, the paper recommends replacing Humvees, but recommends slowing the largest Army procurement program, the Future…

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