Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley says that the service has made securing a new aerial refueling aircraft its top procurement priority. Following it are a new combat rescue helicopter, space-based early warning and communications satellites, the F-35 Lightning II, and a next generation long range strike bomber. Procurement of the F-22 no longer appears in the lineup, Moseley told reporters at the Pentagon last week, because that program has stabilized since Congress agreed to the service’s multiyear procurement approach. “In the global business we’re in, the single point of failure … is the tanker,” said Moseley.
PHOTOS: Air Force Shows Off Second B-21 in New Images
Sept. 12, 2025
On Sept. 12, the Air Force released half a dozen new photos of the second B-21 bomber to fly, giving observers and aviation enthusiasts another glimpse of the secretive Raider.