Pacific Infrastructure, Basing Overhaul Overdue, USAF Official Says

An F-15E Strike Eagle from Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, taxis along the flight line at Tinian International Airport on July 27.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland— A U.S. Air Force overhaul of its infrastructure across the Pacific is overdue so that it will be ready for a possible conflict with China, a service official says. The Air Force also wants additional resources to establish infrastructure where its aircraft can operate and...
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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