Financial problems will culminate after 2020, when a number of ambitious USAF modernization projects, including a new long range bomber, a new combat rescue helicopter, a replacement for the presidential aircraft, a new T-X trainer aircraft along with an upgraded Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System are to come to the procurement stage simultaneously, forcing the Air Force to choose between projects in a sharply limited budget.
.@usairforce F-35's will perform a fourship formation flyover at the #LMAFB: https://t.co/wwAziaOPxN pic.twitter.com/WisJ6BsG3f
— Lockheed Martin (@LockheedMartin) December 16, 2015
“With F-35A [fighter] and KC-46 [tanker] slated to continue for many years…, procurement spending on established programs will continue to be substantial. How will the future Air Force procurement budget accommodate the new programs as well?” the author of the research asks.
The question remains unanswered.
