In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee March 7, Adm. William Fallon, head of US Pacific Command, stated that the Pacific region has “a shortage of responsive strategic air and ship lift to support force sustainment and deployment to operating areas. Fallon, who is soon moving to take over US Central Command, specifically complained that an “insufficient” number of C-17 and C-5 aircraft “could cause delays in the arrival of critical cargo and passengers.” He said he’d like to see more Pacific-based C-17s than the 16—eight at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, and eight at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska—already promised.
Northrop Grumman has broken ground on a major new production facility for the B-21 Raider, the company and the Air Force announced Oct. 6. The construction comes as a top service official said testing on the bomber is going well in the lead up to its planned introduction into the…
