Upcoming USAF Budget To Include New Approach To Base Defense

A U.S. Army Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System rolls off a U.S. Air Force C-17 in Rota, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, in March 2022.

Credit: U.S. Army
SIMI VALLEY, California—The U.S. Air Force will lay out a new approach to protecting its forces in the Indo-Pacific region under a threat from Chinese long-range missiles, looking for a new mix of active defenses along with a hardening of bases and deception. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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