Boost The US Bomber Force: Dollars vs. Operational Needs

Boost The US Bomber Force: Dollars vs. Operational Needs
Boost The US Bomber Force: Dollars vs. Operational Needs

The United States Air Force should consider shifting its balance of its strike forces from fighters to long-range bombers. At the end of the Cold War, the Air Force’s combat aircraft inventory included 411 bombers. Today, it has a total of 158 B-1, B-52, and B-2 bombers, of which only 96 are designated as Primary…

Pentagon Spox Says No Review Of F-35 Numbers

Pentagon Spox Says No Review Of F-35 Numbers
Pentagon Spox Says No Review Of F-35 Numbers

PENTAGON: This may be one of those stories that turns on phrasing, but the Pentagon’s new spokesman, Peter Cook, said during yesterday’s briefing — his first — that the military is not reviewing how many F-35s it plans to buy. “Obviously, the budget situation here in Washington will have a big impact on that, but…