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ITALIAN AIRFORCE TO CUT 75 FIGHTER PLANES
ITS PART OF CUT IN SPENDING REVIEW
USPA NEWS -
Italy must cut its Air Force from 250 warplanes to just 75 "in the near future," Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Pasquale Preziosa said Tuesday.
Speaking at a celebration to mark 92 years of the Italian Air Force, the general said "budget needs obliged us to make important down-sizing of structures and means." "We have cut spending in every sector, but we have sought as much as possible to safeguard one - training, and today our pilot training schools have become a worldwide point of reference". "In the near future what we guaranteed yesterday with 250 aircraft will be done only with 75 aeroplanes. That is what our country can afford today".
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