The 2006 QDR called for the Air Force to develop a next generation bomber to be ready by 2018; an initiative that promptly went nowhere. Now, the very term “next generation bomber” is “dead” in the halls of the Pentagon, reports John Tirpak, citing comments made yesterday by Air Force Lt. Gen. Philip Breedlove, deputy […]
From the monthly archives:
June 2010
What’s lost with Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s ouster? The most innovative battlefield commander the U.S. has ever had, say former colleagues who worked with him there and in the super-secretive Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). A commander who truly grasped both the value added of new sensors and information networks and intuitively understood the organizational changes […]
Back to the Title 10 side of the house for a moment; the Air Force Council meets today to consider further cuts in aircraft to meet aggressive savings targets laid out by Defense Secretary Robert Gates. One option on the table: early retirement of all 66 B-1B Lancer bombers (the last delivery of which came […]
It’s a sad end to a distinguished military career, but as someone who recently worked for Gen. Stanley McChrystal, and is a huge fan of the general, told me yesterday, the disparaging comments in the Rolling Stone article painted an ugly picture of a highly critical command element that had zero respect for its political […]
Embattled Afghan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal met with President Obama this morning, and then promptly left the White House. No word yet on his fate. That McChrystal reportedly was not a participant in the subsequent White House national security team meeting to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan is probably significant. Be that as it may, we’ve […]
