Is no news, good? Maybe. Perhaps, though, we should wait until the other pea under the shell stops moving. The Senate, according to Levin, is in a wait-and-see mode, biding its time until the Pentagon finally releases the Air Force analysis of alternatives and makes its decision on how to go about replacing USAF’s elderly aerial refueling fleet.
The crash of a T-38 trainer jet this May—which caused a weekslong pause in flights across the fleet—was caused by an improperly installed pin for one of the jet’s horizontal stabilizers, according to a new accident report released Oct. 30. When the pin disengaged midflight, it created the slightest amount…