Watch Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration Lt. Gen. James Dawkins Jr.; Greg Manuel, vice president and general manager for strategic deterrent systems at Northrop Grumman Space Systems; and moderator USAF Gen. Timothy M. Ray, Air Force Global Strike Command boss and commander of Air Forces Strategic—Air at U.S. Strategic Command take part in the “Mission Domain Live Engagement—Strategic Deterrence” session from AFA’s 2021 virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium.
The Air Force has started planning modifications to the 747-8 to be gifted to the U.S. by Qatar into a suitable presidential transport, promising that the jet would meet all the basic requirements of the mission, Air Force Secretary Dr. Troy E. Meink said May 20.