Vice Chief Calls For Desert Storm-Like Technological Advancement

/ January 29, 2015 at 6:31 PM
Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry Spencer is calling on the scientific community to deliver the type of technological surprise seen during the First Gulf War in Iraq, when smart bombs and stealthy aircraft dominated the skies and changed the nature of warfare. "When the Air Force went into Desert Storm people said: 'Where did that stuff come from?'" Spencer said at an Air Force Scientific Advisory Board meeting Jan. 27. "We were putting smart munitions into somebody's...

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