MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aArthur, David$q(David Alan)
245 10 $aAlternatives for modernizing U.S. fighter forces.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bCongressional Budget Office :$bFor sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,$c[2009]
300 $axxii, 48 p. :$bill. (some col.), 1 map ;$c28 cm.
490 1 $aCBO study
500 $a"May 2009."
500 $a"David Arthur and Kevin Eveker of CBO's National Security Division prepared this study ..."--Pref.
500 $aShipping list no.: 2009-0337-P.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $aThe United States Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps have long maintained tactical fighter forces that provide capabilities for air-to-air combat and air-to-ground attack. The three services are in the process of replacing the bulk of today's fighter aircraft, most of which were purchased in the 1980s, with new F/A-18E/F, F-22, and F-35 (Joint Strike Fighter) aircraft. Although current procurement plans call for the purchase of about 2,500 aircraft over the next 25 years, the services are projecting that those purchases will not keep pace with the need to retire today's aircraft as they reach the limit of their service life. The study also compares the advantages, disadvantages, and costs of seven alternative approaches that DoD might adopt to modernize its fighter forces -- three that satisfy today's inventory requirements, two that maintain aggregate weapons capacity with fewer aircraft, and two that replace portions of the fighter force with longer-range aircraft. In keeping with CBO's mandate to provide objective, impartial analysis, this study makes no recommendations.
530 $aAlso available via the Internet.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bAir Force$xProcurement.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNavy$xProcurement.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bMarine Corps$xProcurement.
650 0 $aF/A-22 (Jet fighter plane)
650 0 $aF-35 (Jet fighter plane)
650 0 $aX-32 (Jet fighter plane)
650 0 $aFighter planes$zUnited States.
700 1 $aEveker, Kevin.
710 1 $aUnited States.$bCongressional Budget Office.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aArthur, David (David Alan).$tAlternatives for modernizing U.S. fighter forces.$h1 online resource (xxii, 48 p.)$z9780160831584$w(OCoLC)530155309
830 0 $aCBO study.
856 41 $uhttp://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/101xx/doc10113/05-13-FighterForces.pdf