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Ken Calvert: “Last year I brought up concerns about our strategic airlift…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 28:28

And that's where you get the test and the training ranges and the training capacity to do that work. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Gentlemen. Last year I brought up concerns about our strategic airlift capacity. Expressing concern around those aging C5s and. No production line to fall back on. You said then that the department was assessing next generation airlift acquisition strategy. Mr. Secretary, what has the Air Force accomplished in the realm of air mobility this past year? (28:28–28:49)

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Asserts concern about the aging C5 aircraft and lack of a production line for replacements.

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