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HOW MANY AIRCRAFTS ARE OPERATED BY PENTAGON?

WASHINGTON D.C., Does the Pentagon really need 346 support aircraft -- including luxury jets used to ferry top brass around the country? The General Accounting Office thinks not, according to USA Today. Department of Defense operates 144 jets in its "operational support" fleet, including 71 Learjet, 13 Gulfstream III, and 17 Cessna Citation. The Pentagon has already cut back from the 520 planes it...

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Rome, Italy, 06/01/2000 16:51
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