Long Beach Steps Up C-17 Blitz: The civic leaders of Long Beach, Calif., are going on a full court press to save Boeing’s C-17 assembly line in Long Beach. They have formed a “red team” of economic development officials, Boeing executives, business leaders, and state officials to concoct tax or fee adjustments to help reduce the cost of building the new airlifter, reports the Long Beach Press-Telegram. One notion would give Boeing a five-year discount on its utility bills. Good luck.
In the face of Chinese war plans to disrupt U.S. command-and-control networks in the event of a conflict, the Air Force needs to focus less on its “connect everything” efforts and prepare its combat aviators to fight without a constant connection to higher-ups, according to a new report from AFA’s…
