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1. This article is very detailed on the military's previous aviation history. Giving information all the way from the Battle of Fleurus in 1794, up to The Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991). But after the gulf war, the article trails off and starts describing the types of military aircraft that are used. I feel that there need to be a more present discussion on military aircraft, and where the military plans on going with the industry in the near future. I am going to add information on the newest aircraft, Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and What all is going to happen to the current supply of military aircraft.

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• Sandra I. Erwin. (2014). The End of An Era For Military Aviation.
• Graham Warwick (2015) Budget Cuts to Future Weapons Could Have Long-Term Impact.
• Amy Butler (2015) Long-Term Continuing Resolution Would Ax 19 F-35s in 2016

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Today, a country's military aviation forces are often the first line of defense against an attack, or the first forces to attack the enemy, and effective military aviation forces (or lack thereof) have proved decisive in several recent conflicts such as the Gulf War..

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Today, a country's military aviation forces are often the first line of defense against an attack, or the first forces to attack the enemy, and effective military aviation forces (or lack thereof) have proven decisive in several recent conflicts such as the Gulf War. With the military's first line of defense being our aircraft, whether it is fighters, bomber, or reconnaissance planes, the military relies solely on those to inform the ground operations what to do. Aviation is known as the military's "indispensable arm", meaning that we can use this back to back and still be able to accomplish the goal intended. Our military is so important in everything that we do, there is a reason that we rely so heavily on what we have, because the military has "earned" that level of respect. The technology coming out today is far beyond what anyone started with back in the 1900s, from radar to satellite communication, to the extreme amount of video surveillance, our aviation program has evolved, to say he least.

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Journalist Sandra Erwin, recently talked about how sometime in the near future, that there will be an "end of an era for military aviation." This is because there has been a big dispute on Lockheed Martin's new F-35 joint strike fighter being the new sole fighter for the military. Richard Aboulafia, who is an aviation analyst at the Pentagon, says he sees "death and destruction," for the industrial base. He says that the problem is not a shortage of money, but a disproportionate amount is being spent on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The Pentagon plans on buying these F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in bulk, as well as the C-130J cargo plane, also made by Lockheed Martin. Until all this happens, the US will have an aging fleet at its most needed time for aircraft in the military. There will also be an end to the production of multiple aircraft used heavily in today's military. Aircraft such as the Air Force's C-17 cargo planes, the F-15 and F-16 fighter jets, and the Navy's F/A 18 fighter jets will only be in production for a few more years.