USAF can’t afford to have 1,900 fighters after 2021

The U.S. Air Force will struggle to find the budget necessary to maintain 1,900 fighter aircraft – as mandated by law – after 2021, Lara Seligman reports.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jerry Morrison (KC-10 Extender) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

A key point is that the service is retiring aging aircraft faster that it can procure.