Kelly Ayotte: “Yes, this is a very high priority of the Air Force, because in this difficult time when they are making reductions, this…”

“Yes, this is a very high priority of the Air Force, because in this difficult time when they are making reductions, this is an area where they can meet our national security needs. Yet Congress has actually asked the Air Force to maintain more planes than it needs. So this is a commonsense provision that is very important to our Air Force. Mr. McCAIN. In these times of very difficult budgetary decisions that are having to be made, is it not true also the President's budget in 2011 had included a plan to retire 17 C-5As in 2011 and 5 in 2012?”