02/08/2012
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"I disagreed back in the 1990s when the reverse was true."
"Yes, but of course, if you are in a period, as we have been, of starving the military, the first thing that goes is maintenance and then modernization because that is less visible out there."
"He said at the very bottom what we called the hollow force of the 1970s, pilots were flying 15 sorties a month, about 20 hours. Today we are flying less hours, less sorties than we did in the 1970s."
"I think it is important just to get in the record because of this very distinguished panel that we are in a threatened position today in this country and times have changed from the past."