Hopefully these planes do have a long lifespan. However, in order to save money, why don't we just slowly start selling off our older planes to (friendly) foreign nations. At least we'll get something back. Not much, but something. It's better than leaving them to rot in the boneyard. In fact, I don't know the military doesn't do that with everything from guns to tanks to planes. I'm sure some former Soviet republic out there would love to have 30-40 year old American technology.
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