For the first time since 1990, Cope Thunder is coming back to the Philippines.
The Air Force is celebrating 100 years of air refueling by performing flyovers across the country.
The Air Force wants its next tankers to be able to survive in the contested airspace likely in the nation's next war.
This would be the second year in a row in which Congress would allow the Air Force to retire A-10s, following years of disagreements.
Let's kill two birds with one stone.
By Sen. Marco Rubio
The commanders are temporarily suspended, pending the outcome of an Air Force inspector general probe into military intelligence leaks.
“The A-10 is a great airplane … in an uncontested environment,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown said.
“Our mobility fleet can no longer operate forward with relative impunity,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said at the AFA Warfare Symposium.
“We have the demos, we have the videos, we’ve flown it on [Boeing] planes … and it looks magnificent,” says the Air Force's Lt. Col. Joshua Renfro.
As of Sunday, 24 of the 90 KC-135s that were inspected had noncompliant pins, the Air Force said.
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