Beijing treated Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to take a close look at its top line fighters, including a Chinese-built Su-27 fighter-bomber. DOD journalist Jim Garamone reports that Chinese officials said Pace is the first American to get close to the Su-27, which Russia designed as a counterpart to USAF’s F-15 air superiority fighter.
This year’s Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting buzzed with talk of countering the rapidly evolving drone threat facing the entire U.S. military, including the Air Force. Leaders and defense industry officials discussed the need for new approaches to procurement and employment of a new class of these…
