AIR POWER
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Now they need to put a focus on making platforms cheap enough that DoD can buy enough to ensure mission capabilities and dominance even in the event of casualties.
George at 4:59 PMThey have tried to say the B-52 was going to be replaced by a number of new platforms. In the end, the B-1 and B-2 will be retired and we will still be flying the B-52. As we approach the century mark for the current airframes, I have no doubt the B-52 will end up retiring the B-21 and its descendent.
J. Matthew Phipps at 10:15 AMAirforce inefficiently uses resources and that results in zero improvements in capabilities for military personnel. B1, B2, B52, F22, F35 and drone aircraft were all used in Afghanistan. All couldn't provide sustained cost effective over watch of our forces. In fact their inefficiency led to US and allied deaths and the deaths of thousands of civilians. If your systems and leadership can't beat goat herders you think your gonna beat a first or second world power that shoots back...,
JAI at 9:14 AM
The USAF should actually build the "747 Bomber CMCA."
https://owlcation.com/stem/Is-it-Possible-to-Convert-the-Boeing-747-into-a-Bomber
The USAF is going to have all these expensive and valuable B-21 Stealth Bombers and old conventional B-52s with the divestment of B-1s and B-2s...but what is going to shoulder the conventional load besides B-52s?
The US makes the 747 (for a long time before it stopped production) so it makes sense to have a conventional commercial bomber that flies close to Mach 0.9 and has all the spare parts and support in CONUS. The USAF has extensive training and experience flying 747s and the US has modified 747s for all kinds of missions from VIP to C4ISR to cargo to secure communications to airborne laser. 747s have chaff/flare, EW/ECM, midair refueling, consoles, and anti-missile lasers.
The 747 Bomber's upper "hump deck" can be used to control drones and UCAVs while the rest of the fuselage is dedicated to cruise missiles, Hypersonics, smart bombs, etc. Even mounting some external pylons for air-to-air missiles and anti-missile missiles can give the 747 CMCA a fighting chance.
Finally, the US can build more 747s for attrition compared to customized and expensive stealth bombers once the production order ends.
BOMBERS...are sooo out of date,like Battleships...Hyper Glide Vehicles will wipe then out before pilots can even get dressed
Mark Rothschild at 2:04 PMImprovement: It now runs on Windows 11 and allows you to play Tik-Tok videos while you fly it.
Scott L at 3:43 PMHas China already ripped off the plans? It's probably in production there already, soon to fly! The US leaks like a sieve and every one of their planes, ships, etc has US styled attributes. Also, now that Dumb Joe left BILLIONS of our equipment in Afghanistan, you can be certain Russia and China are already striping vehicles and electronics to improve their own militaries.
Term Limits at 8:18 PMThe picture is a dead ringer for a B-2. How exactly is this different?
Tom Corral at 8:01 PM
"inexecutable" ?
Brian Foley at 10:49 AM