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Air Force

Young Memo Calls Additional C-17 Buy Costly

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Monday, February 25th, 2008

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By Jen DiMascio Buying more than 205 C-17 Globemaster aircraft to boost airlift capacity is too expensive, according to a memo by the Pentagon's acquisition chief. During the process of certifying a program to replace engines on C-5 Galaxy aircraft, John Young also reviewed options for buying additional C-17 aircraft. "The higher costs of options procuring additional C-17's are unaffordable in the Future Years Defense Program," Young wrote in a Feb. 14 memo circulated last week by the Project on…

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