Original sentence: " In particular, the United States Navy saw it as a costly bungle diverting Congressional funding and interest from naval aviation and aircraft carriers in general, and carrier–based nuclear bombers in particular.Convair touted the B-36 as an "aluminum overcast," a "long rifle" to give SAC a global reach.The Air Force successfully defended the B-36 project, and the United States was officially canceled by Secretary of Defense Louis A.The B-36 took shape as an aircraft of immense proportions, two-thirds longer than the previous "superbomber," the B-29.Though the need to bomb Germany from North American bases never arose, the project was not canceled because the B-36 was seen as playing a possible eventual role in the Pacific war.To its critics, these problems made it a "billion-dollar blunder
Edited sentence: Convair touted the B-36 as an "aluminum overcast", a "long rifle" to give SAC a global reach.In particular, the United States Navy saw it as a costly bungle diverting Congressional funding and interest from naval aviation and aircraft carriers in general, and carrier–based nuclear bombers in particular.The Air Force successfully defended the B-36 project, and the United States was officially cancelled by Secretary of Defense Louis A.The B-36 took shape as an aircraft of immense proportions, two-thirds longer than the previous "superbomber", the B-29.Though the need to bomb Germany from North American bases never arose, the project was not cancelled because the B-36 was seen as playing a possible eventual role in the Pacific war.To its critics, these problems made it a "billion-dollar blunder"