Senate Armed Services Committee ranking minority member, Sen. Carl Levin, wants to see the data that led the Air Force to its decision to retire 38 B-52 bombers. He asked Gen. Michael Moseley whether the Air Force had done “a cost benefit or other analysis” before making the decision to “significantly reduce the B-52 fleet?” Levin requested a copy, if it exists, for the committee. To which, the Chief of Staff replied, “Absolutely, sir.”
The crash of a T-38 trainer jet this May—which caused a weekslong pause in flights across the fleet—was caused by an improperly installed pin for one of the jet’s horizontal stabilizers, according to a new accident report released Oct. 30. When the pin disengaged midflight, it created the slightest amount…