{"id":150880,"date":"2024-11-22T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/5-aircraft-retire-before-2030\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T18:00:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T08:00:15","slug":"5-aircraft-the-us-will-retire-before-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=150880","title":{"rendered":"5 Aircraft The US Will Retire Before 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The             <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"306101\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/united-states-air-force\/\"  >United States Air Force<\/a><\/span> (along with the aviation branches of the             <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"58652\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><span>US Navy<\/span><\/span>,             <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"549970\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><span>US Marines<\/span><\/span>, Army, and Coast Guard) is         <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink-article\" data-id=\"2024886\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/usaf-divestment-a-10-warthog\/\" >constantly introducing new aircraft and retiring old aircraft<\/a><\/span>. As 2024 draws to a close, the world is now midway through the 2020s. But what aircraft is the US military planning to divest before 2030 rolls around? 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