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2018-02-25 Science & Technology

Plan to modernize air and space systems takes Air Force out of its comfort zone

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Posted by 3dc 2018-02-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Oh dear Lord save us PLEASE.

After what they did to the F-35 do you really think the Air Farce needs a multi-billion dollar information system...heaven help us...they've got the flying iPhone, what do they need with another data system? Seems the techies don't seem to understand what the role of the Air Farce is.

I would think they need new surveillance aircraft more than this. After all, the danged E-3's are almost as old as I am. A danged B-707 airframe that was first rolled out in the 50's and they think they can patch that thing up some more?

I bet a little digging will show a multi-billion dollar program to replace wings and engines on the E-3s...or is this information system a red herring for something really black that they want to talk about in eupharysms?

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-02-25 11:14|| 2018-02-25 11:14|| Front Page Top

#2 See Tomorrow.
The $70B airframe package has been dropped.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-25 17:52|| 2018-02-25 17:52|| Front Page Top

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