USAF chief prioritizing EMS dominance, eyeing investments in FY-23 budget proposal

By Sara Sirota / January 27, 2021 at 5:23 PM
Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Brown today gave a harsh indictment of war planners' neglect to defend U.S. dominance in the electromagnetic spectrum and has his eyes set on the fiscal year 2023 budget proposal to ramp up investments to counter surging threats from near-peer adversaries. “In some aspects, I think we’ve been dodging our responsibilities in the electromagnetic spectrum where we can’t dodge the consequences,” Brown said at an event hosted by the Association of Old Crows today...

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