The Air Force informed us that, on page A37 of the service’s Fiscal 2016 Budget Overview document, the correct number of A-10s in the Active Duty force in Fiscal 2015 is 143 (not 54 as listed). Also, on that same page, the correct number of A-10s in the Air National Guard’s inventory in Fiscal 2015 is 85 (not 64).
Unmanned aerial vehicles and autonomous aircraft may provide a solution to operating in heavily contested domains such as the Taiwan Straits, according to a panel of expert who suggested operationalizing artificial intelligence for such purposes sooner rather than later. The group gathered virtually to help launch the Mitchell Institute for…