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Tactical Aircraft Modernization: Issues for Congress (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised May 22, 2006
Report Number IB92115
Authors Christopher Bolkcom, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

This Issue Brief examines DOD's four largest tactical aircraft modernization programs. The background section provides a brief description of each program, and a discussion of how tactical aircraft fit into military air operations: the missions they typicallyperform and how they contrast to longer-rangecombat aircraft. The Analysis section examines a number of policy issues including affordability, capability required, force structure, service roles and missions, industrial base, and transformation. The paper concludes with a synopsis of recent congressional action on these programs.