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Robert Gates answers questions on the F-35 and on the CSAR-X program

Maxwell, USA - Interviewed by USAF officers at Maxwell Air Force Base

American Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, answered USAF officers' questions at the Air War College in Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Surprisingly no one among the military asked anything about the cancellation of the F-22 program. The officers were more interested in acknowledging the reasons of the purchase of several new F-35s without buying any long-range bomber, and the reasons of the interruption...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1103000
Rome, Italy, 04/16/2009 16:42
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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