Pentagon faces political battle to retire old weapons systems — and some newer ones

Summary: Both the Air Force and the Navy want Congress’ permission to retire some of their weapons systems. The basic rationale is to free up money for the sort of high-end warfare they say they need to prepare for. Some of those systems are decades old, and showing their age, but not all of them. Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu had details on the services’ varying justifications for divestiture. Hear more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices