How Will Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Impact U.S. Air Force Planning?

Brian Everstine March 09, 2022
Lockheed Martin F-35
As Lockheed Martin F-35s are deploying to Eastern European airspace, the U.S. Air Force is planning how to invest in a next generation of fighter aircraft with unmanned teaming aircraft.
Credit: Airman 1st Class Edgar Grimaldo /U.S. Air Force
Senior U.S. Air Force officials met late last year to determine what the service needs to spend its money on to better prepare for a future war. The discussion focused on specific, hypothetical scenarios: first, a Chinese invasion of Taiwan; second, a Russian ground invasion of a NATO member in...
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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