Air Force Undersecretary Ronald Sega told Washington-based defense reporters that even though the Air Force plans to ensure it doesn’t push immature technology into production, it does want to pursue leading-edge technology. Sega says that the service’s research community must push “the frontiers harder,” and that inevitably means some technologies won’t succeed. He emphasized that no one should be “surprised” if some things don’t work out.
Air Force depots are not typically meant for quick repair jobs, but during Operation Epic Fury, the service moved some of its stateside heavy maintenance capability forward to fix battle-damaged aircraft closer to the fight.
