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6 years agoPlanes Are Still Flying, but Covid-19 Recovery Will Be Tough
Airlines must keep serving small cities with limited weekly flights, but low seat occupancy forces them to burn cash and retire older aircraft.
For decades, the military has announced the retirement of aircraft that were supposedly nearing the end of their usefulness. Yet many of those platforms are still flying today. Whether it's because replacements arrived late, failed to replicate critical capabilities, or just couldn't meet operational need, these aircraft refused to disappear. Here, 24/7 Wall St. is taking a closer look at military aircraft that just refused to retire.