We hear that the Air Force plans to change its vocabulary when describing forces that are few in number yet heavily used. Such assets have been termed LD/HD, for low density/high demand. The new term would be LS/HD—limited supply/high demand.
A three-month continuing resolution that ended in December inflicted less pain on the Department of the Air Force than it had expected, as procurement and construction continue in the new year. The federal government operated under a stopgap spending measure that stretched from the beginning of the fiscal year on…