U.S. Air Force Fleet Is Structured For The Wrong War, CSBA Warns
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Not only are they too small, by one-third, to fight a near-simultaneous war with Russia and China in 2030, the U.S. Air Force’s four newest frontline combat aircraft today—the B-2, F-35A, F-22 and KC-46—will be limited to stand-off distance from future highly contested airspace. In 2030, a new crop...
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