ACC Chief: Air Force Facing Capabilities Gap if New Bomber is Not Fielded by 2018

By Marcus Weisgerber / February 22, 2008 at 5:00 AM
ORLANDO, FL -- The Air Force will face a capabilities gap in the next decade if it does not field a new bomber platform by 2018, the Air Combat Command chief said today. Gen. John Corley discussed the bomber challenges facing the Air Force while laying out a new ACC "Combat Air Forces Strategic Master Plan" that will detail how the service plans to do business well into the future. "If you're going to do a global attack [mission], then...

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