USAF proceeding with C-5 upgrade plan despite pending review of fleet

U.S. Air Force officials are going forward with a nearly $1.8 billion plan to upgrade all but 16 aircraft in the aging C-5 fleet despite a pending military review that could call for retiring a majority of the heavy airlifters. The Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base...

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