Bombers Away
We broke a story at InsideDefense.com yesterday that you'll be hearing more about soon. It's now up on Military.com:
The Air Force is proposing a $5 billion down payment for a next-generation long-range strike aircraft, money the service hopes will propel research and development needed to meet the Pentagon’s goal of fielding a new bomber fleet by 2018, according to sources familiar with new Air Force investment plans.
This robust commitment -- detailed in the Air Force’s proposed six-year spending plan, which was submitted to the Office of the Secretary of Defense earlier this month -- would accelerate bomber modernization by two decades in a bid to augment the effectiveness of U.S. air power in the Asia-Pacific region.
“The purpose of this initially is to do some studies, design trade-offs as well as research and development,†a source familiar with the Air Force’s new bomber plans.
For the official Air Force word on future bombers, try this.
. . . . And with that, I'm out. It's been fun. Thanks to Noah for another opportunity to sit in the guest editor's chair.
One shameless plug before I sign off: Go see this band. They're terrific. I'll be at their New York show Monday night.
Welcome back, Noah. And congrats, again.
-- Dan Dupont
posted by Bill
- "Murc, get out of your mother's basement and get a life. There is more to life than dreaming about military theory."
THIS IS A MILITARY SITE...If I wanted to learn about crappy bands, I'd find that info elsewhere.
I'm not about to drive from my apartment (no, my mother doesn't own the apartment complex) across half of the US just to see some random band in NYC.
Posted by: Murc at August 28, 2006 6:16 PM