AURORA, Colo.—Air & Space Forces Magazine caught up with Heather Penney, former F-16 pilot and now a senior fellow with the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, at the AFA Warfare Symposium to break down the biggest developments from Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin’s keynote address at the conference. Editor-in-Chief Tobias Naegele and Penney discuss Allvin’s call for “more Air Force,” his focus on readiness, and the new designations for Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones.
The Air Force’s future strategy for fighting wars could include arming bombers with air-to-air strike capabilities, the service said in a new report to Congress.