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Ken Calvert: “Can you help us understand the current near term outlook of…”

Featuring: Ken Calvert, Republican | U.S. House, California, District 41

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House Hearing on the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force FY 2027 Budget

Published | Video Starts at 48:13

Yield back. Thanks. Gentlemen. I think, Mr. Fleischmann, if you ask a quick question, then we're going to adjourned. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'll be brief, gentlemen. Thank you. Can you help us understand the current near term outlook of our tanker fleet and the capacity for us to sustain a war in the Indo Pacific? What should we do to mitigate this growing gap in capacity? Thank you. Yes. Congressman, I'll do this very quickly. Our tanker fleet has been performing marvelously through epic fury. (48:13–48:21)

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Asserts a need to understand the tanker fleet's capacity to sustain a war in the Indo-Pacific region.

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