Defense acquisitions : timely and accurate estimates of costs and requirements are needed to define optimal future strategic airlift mix : report to the Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives.
The Department of Defense's (DOD) C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III aircraft play key roles in transporting weapons and other cargo. Since September 2001, these aircraft have delivered over 2.4 million tons of cargo to staging and operating bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet determining the n...
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