The standing order is for the Air Force to increase that number of air patrols to 65 a day by May 2014, although officials say that is an arbitrary number not based on an analysis of future combat requirements.

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Such would be the case especially if that it proves to be as bad as careful analysis of the data predicts - particularly among the combat arms.

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That review, they said, likely will include looking anew at the analysis done last October on what it would take for a major ground combat offensive in Kosovo.

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