The 2017 edition of Eagle Resolve, the premier exercise for US forces to train with partner nations around the Persian Gulf, concluded Monday. About 100 airmen participated in the exercise, which began on March 19 in Kuwait, according to an email statement from US Central Command. This year’s Eagle Resolve “included a command post exercise, field training exercise, and senior leader seminar.” The training focused on “responding to asymmetric threats” and included scenarios dealing with “air defense concepts, border security operations, [and] counterterrorism operations and procedures.”
The rate of building B-21 bombers would speed up if the fiscal 2026 defense budget passes. But it remains unclear how much capacity would be added, and whether the Air Force would simply build the bombers faster, or buy more.
