"There's a reality that aviation is incredibly expensive," AFSOC head Lt. Gen. Michael Conley said. "So I'm really challenging the team to figure out, what can we do with the things we already have that we haven't done in the past?"
An Air Force official said that while the service has altered some policies and training as a result of the crash, broadly speaking the pilots will retain discretion about when to turn back. "We need our aircraft commanders to be trusted up there."
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