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Troy Meink: “Some of the critical platforms are significantly older than…”

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Ted Budd Asks Air Force Secretary Nominee Meink: Is Our Air Force Fleet 'Too Small'?

Published | Video Starts at 02:37

Senator, the thing I can speak to for sure is that the fleet is aging 30 plus years on average. Some of the platforms, Some of the critical platforms are significantly older than that. When I was a navigator, I Never flew a KC135 that was younger than me. They're still flying today in one of the mainline air refueling platforms the department has. (02:37–02:40)

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