Senior leaders of the Air Force and Marine Corps met last week to share the latest in “changes and advancements” in the world of military aviation, particularly how it’s evolving in joint warfighting, says Gen. Michael Moseley, USAF Chief of Staff. The Air Force dubbed the day-long session “The Warfighter Talks.” Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway called the talks “a frank exchange of perspectives that confirmed our general agreement on many of the important issues confronting our services today.”
The Air Force awarded a $13.08 billion contract to the Sierra Nevada Corporation on April 26 for its Survivable Airborne Operations Center aircraft, the successor to the service’s E-4B “Doomsday” plane. Like the E-4B, officially called the National Airborne Operations Center, the SAOC will be meant to withstand a nuclear attack and keep…