Excerpt from Tactical Aircraft Programs: Before the Military Research and Development Subcommittee Joint With Military Procurement Subcommittee of the Committee on National Security House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held June 27, 1996 Mr. Weldon. The subcommittees of Research and Development and Procurement will come to order. I welcome you all to the hear ing room today, and we start with sadness following the recent tragic loss Of our service personnel in Saudi Arabia and extend our deepest sympathies to families and the leaders of the Air Force for this terribly tragic incident. We are also saddened today with the services being conducted at this time for our distinguished col league and friend Bill Emerson, and for that reason, several of our colleagues will not be able to be in attendance who would have liked to have been here for this hearing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.