In a brief interview with the Montgomery Advertiser, Maj. Gen. Allen Peck, head of the Air Force Doctrine Development and Education Center, enumerated some of the other work airmen—active and reserve—are doing to support the war on terror. In his words, “There’s a lot more going on.”
The Air Force overall reduced its size by 120 aircraft in fiscal year 2021, but kept about the same number of fighter, bomber and attack aircraft, according to data supplied by the service. The F-35 fleet saw the biggest increase while the B-1B bomber fleet saw the largest decline.