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How Much Are Pentagon's New Stealth Jets?
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL News
(Sept. 23) -- After several contentious months for the U.S. military's largest weapons-buying program in history, Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon have reached an agreement, worth more than $5 billion, to buy another batch of the F-35 aircraft. If the contract is worth some $5 billion to buy 32 of the fighters, how much does one aircraft cost? It depends, not surprisingly, on how you count it. Estimating the cost of a single F-35, a stealthy multirole fighter, is not as simple as dividing the contract amount by the number of aircraft being bought. "[T]hat doesn't mean the cost of each jet ...
Afghan Air War: More fighting, More Bombs, and Continued Civilian Casualties
By David Wood - Politics DailySHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- American strike fighters and bombers are pounding insurgents in Afghanistan with increasing fury, despite a standing order by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander, to avoid civilian casualties. President Obama is expected soon to announce his decision on a new Afghan war strategy and on whether to grant McChrystal's request for additional ground troops. Regardless of Obama's decisions, air war planners anticipate an increase in close air support missions in Afghanistan. The accelerating pace of air operations raises the likelihood of additional ...
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