Air Combat Command has re-framed the debate over what type of environment its next-generation intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft will be designed for. The head of the command's ISR division has said when designing a new ISR platform to operate in future anti-access, area-denial environments, the platform cannot be "so exotic" that it would be too costly or risky to use for irregular warfare missions in permissive environments, such as Afghanistan and Iraq. Speaking at the annual Air Force Association...
