Marine leader: Air superiority seriously suffering

Published April 20, 2016 9:00pm ET



The Marine Corps is seriously suffering from diminished aerial capacity, a senior aviation general told senators on Wednesday.

“It happened over a period of time,” Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, deputy commandant for aviation, told a panel of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “We were making our operational commitment, we were making our deployments to go fight in Afghanistan, Iraq, and around the world.

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