USAF Mobility Boss: Modernization Needed Despite Cost Concerns

Air Mobility Command boss Gen. Mike Minihan in front of a C-130J on Aug. 23 at Robins AFB, Georgia.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force within the past several months appears to have increased its push to modernize its air refueling force based on a new understanding of threats, and the impetus to renew the fleet is important despite a coming budget crunch, the outgoing head of the service’s mobility forces argues...
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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