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The US Air Force needs to buy hundreds of sixth-gen fighters and bombers to be ready for a China fight, airpower experts say

The US Air Force needs roughly 200 B-21 bombers and 300 F-47 fighters to achieve sufficient sortie capacity against China.

fromThe Nation

2 months ago

Have We Normalized Nuclear War?

It's been 20 years since I retired from the Air Force and 40 years since I first entered Cheyenne Mountain, America's nuclear redoubt at the southern end of the Front Range that includes Pikes Peak in Colorado. So it was with some nostalgia that I read a recent memo from General Kenneth Wilsbach, the new Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF).

US politics

fromBusiness Insider

3 months ago

The US Air Force's new strategic bomber and ICBM got more money - almost $1 billion -in the government shutdown deal

The government added roughly $850 million to support B-21 Raider and Sentinel ICBM construction, accelerating Air Force nuclear modernization infrastructure.

Science

from24/7 Wall St.

4 months ago