Air Force Gen. Anthony Cotton, the head of U.S. Strategic Command, today said he wants more next-generation bombers than the Pentagon already has on order. More B-21 Raiders would boost not only the Air Force’s fleet but also keep production from the defense industry moving forward, he told attendees of the McAleese Defense Programs Conference. The initial number of 100 tails is a minimum, Cotton said, not a total for the Northrop Grumman-made bomber. “The production rate that was agreed...
