Book Description

Hearing on the DoD's tactical aircraft programs, primarily the F-22, the F/A-18E/F, and the joint strike fighter. Desert Storm showed that an effective tactical air power component of the military is fundamental for our national military strategy. In the past, billions of dollars were spent developing aircraft we didn't procure or an aircraft we procured in quantities too little to justify the developmental costs. DoD faces an annual procurement shortfall of $20 billion and a projected increase in infrastructure costs of $26 billion between 1997 and 2001. Testimony from: DoD; Joint Chiefs of Staff; CBO, and the GAO. Includes schedules, and cost charts for aircraft.