Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday that “hopefully” he was taking his last DOD press conference as Chairman. He used the occasion to urge Americans to “remain steadfast in our fight against” terrorism. “As a nation, he said, our best weapons are patience and resolve—or, in one word, our will.” Myers retires Sept. 30 after 40 years of service.
The Air Force wants more companies able to produce its new, multi-use, anti-radar missile that one expert says will prove vital in any future peer conflict and would be in high demand for the war in Iran if stocks were available now.