CMSAF James Roy said training is the one thing that keeps him up at night. “This one concerns me the most,” said Roy Wednesday during AFA’s Air & Space Conference in National Harbor, Md. As DOD works through efficiency initiatives and goes through reducing its budget, he explained, the tendency will be “to eliminate some of our training.” Roy maintained, “We are risking our future if we do that.” It’s vital the Air Force remains focused on both initial training as well as upgrade training, he said.
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.
