If an aircraft costs more to fly but is flown less by more experienced pilots in the Air National Guard component, wouldn't it make fiscal sense to put those aircraft in the Air National Guard rather than the Active Air Force?
Akin questions the financial logic of aircraft allocation between Air National Guard and Active Air Force.
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