Did you notice that the latest QDR, which contains so much about everything else, contains no force structure chart at all? Each of the three earlier top-to-bottom reviews (in 1993, 1997, and 2001) provided details about forthcoming force structure. Check here for a summary of what the Pentagon actually does say about the subject. It’s not much.
The Air Force has finished modifying and testing the new VC-25B Bridge aircraft that will serve as a temporary Air Force One, the service announced May 1. All that’s left now is to finish painting the jet before it starts flying this summer.