If Principi holds any high cards, he’ll have to play’em fast. The BRAC panel’s final deliberations start Wednesday and supposedly end Friday. Their final recommendation must go to President Bush by Sept. 8, and it has to go to the printer.
As the threat of Iranian-made drones grew, the Air Force rushed last year to equip F-15E Strike Eagles in the Middle East with a cheap, cost-effective way of defeating them. The service fielded the new capability in roughly a week.
