Six separate recognized class records for speed over a closed course (5,000 kilometers) with payload in piston-engine aircraft are set by two different AAF crews flying Boeing B-29As at Dayton.
Pentagon leaders, eager to move fast and avoid pitfalls that have plagued defense acquisition in the past, are handing authorities and oversight for some of their biggest programs to officers outside the traditional structure. But the Air Force and Space Force four-stars given those responsibilities say they don’t intend their jobs to be a permanent change to the system.
