The U.S. Air Force has issued its request for proposal for contracted adversary air support on Aug. 24.
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By Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
The successful bidder will have to provide 30,000 annual sorties in the continental United States, Alaska, and Hawaii.
The aircraft that will be used must be supersonic and capable of tracking friendly aircraft at beyond-visual range.