31.   Russia has lost several helicopters in Chechnya in recent weeks, prompting officials to urge a modernization of the aging fleet.

32.   The aging fleet is prone to crashes.

33.   The crashes prompted presidential aide Sergei Yastrzhembsky to urge the military to maintain the aging fleet better.

34.   The Marines consider it crucial to their future because it is intended to replace their aging fleet of troop-carrying helicopters.

35.   The Marine Corps hopes to use the Ospreys to replace an aging fleet of helicopters.

36.   The Marine Corps hopes to use the Ospreys to replace its aging fleet of helicopters, which are considerably slower and louder.

37.   The national airline announced earlier this month that it would add ten Boeings to its aging fleet because they need fewer repairs and use less fuel.

38.   The Navy also is operating an aging fleet and obsolete carriers.

39.   They say the money they will have to spend on quotas now could be better spent replacing many of the boats in their aging fleets.

40.   Witnesses said cannibalization is widespread because the services are trying to maintain readiness on an aging fleet at a time of increased deployments.