Brady Says: NATO has expanded from 16 nations to 28 in just over decade, but the manpower and equipment assigned to US Air Forces in Europe has been steadily declining since the end of the Cold War. This has created a mismatch between resources and missions that is growing steadily worse, Gen. Roger Brady, USAFE commander, told AFA’s Air & Space Conference Sept. 16. “This is not a partnership we can take for granted,” he said. Continue
The Air Force is launching an effort to develop a new stand-off missile with a range of 1,000 nautical miles, or 1,150 miles, that would eventually be used for both air-to-air and air-to-surface missions.