The Air Force Is Losing Patience With Its Aging Bomber Fleet

An Air Force general defended plans to replace the long-range U.S. bomber fleet, amid questions on the project’s necessity, the Washington Times reports. “We need to actually have an unemotional debate about what’s going on and how we need to modernize, and how we need to protect America from its only existential threat,” Maj. Gen. Garrett Harencak said in comments reported on Wednesday. Harencak, the Air Force assistant chief of staff for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration, spoke week

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