Senior USAF general officers at an AFA Air & Space Conference panel discussion Wednesday were asked what they’d spend “one more dollar” on if they got a budget boost. Their answers ranged from new tankers now and more CV-22s at a faster pace to a modernized payload for nuclear-capable bombers and Reserve training money. On the other hand, two of the service’s senior uniformed officers said the question was wrong, because there simply are no additional dollars to be had. The responses—continue
As the threat of Iranian-made drones grew, the Air Force rushed last year to equip F-15E Strike Eagles in the Middle East with a cheap, cost-effective way of defeating them. The service fielded the new capability in roughly a week.
