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Roger Wicker: “Years of continuous combat operations and inadequate funding have put the Navy and Marine Corps aviation into a hole…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2018
Years of continuous combat operations and inadequate funding have put the Navy and Marine Corps aviation into a hole from which they are only now beginning to recover.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker discusses the challenges faced by Navy and Marine Corps aviation due to funding issues.

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