GAO says that DoD should scale back aircraft purchases

The US General Accounting Office (GAO) says that the US Department of Defense cannot afford to buy or upgrade nearly 8,500 aircraft at a cost of $335 billion between 2000 and 2015, and that it should be more realistic about what it can afford.

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