Anew vision of air warfare taking hold within the Pentagon thrusts the U.S. Air Force's aerial refueling and cargo aircraft into a more hazardous role by tasking it to play an active part in future combat operations, instead of merely a supporting turn.As this new concept of operations takes shape, Air Staff planners are scrambling to cobble together funding and technology to rapidly upgrade the situational awareness and survivability equipment on a fleet with scant access to secure communication networks, radar warning receivers (RWR) and advanced radio-frequency (RF) counter-measures.
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