National Security

World: Readiness

Dec. 2, 2022
Fifth AF without F-15s; Collaborative Combat Aircraft; Layered missile defense in Guam.

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Dec. 2, 2022
A collection of air power, space power, and national security quotes.
News that the Air Force has begun to draw down its two F-15 squadrons at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, shows the cascading effect of decisions made years ago.
Air Force leaders today are making significant decisions about the future force, betting on the promise of autonomous collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) as a means to increase the Air Force’s combat capacity.