In case you missed it the first time we ran this time, the Air Force informed us earlier this month that it is reviewing its practice of issuing daily summaries of coalition air activities in Afghanistan and Iraq. Until further notice, it has stopped providing the data we used to update the airpower chart at the bottom of each Daily Report column.
A record investment in research and development by the Department of the Air Force will help the United States win the long-term technology race with China, even while shrinking the fleet size before a possible mid-decade Taiwan contingency, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said May 17. “With the Air Force,…