An entry in the Dec. 9 Daily Report erroneously stated who called for an investigation into a coalition airstrike on ISIS fighters in a hospital in Mosul, Iraq. Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, requested the investigation. The original entry has been updated.
The Air Force is about to start considering what may one day replace the venerable B-52 Stratofortress, and take a first step towards imagining its bomber force in the long-term future. The service said in documents accompanying its fiscal 2027 budget proposal that it plans to start a “Heavy Bomber…