America’s Air Force is too small
By: Gen. Larry Spencer (ret.)  
Let me put the bottom line up front: America’s Air Force currently has 312 operational squadrons. The problem is they need 386.
The Air Force goes to war with squadrons. Operational squadrons represent the core fighting unit while service support, sustainment and agile combat support squadrons provide support. Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson described operational squadrons as the “clinched fists of American resolve,†that punch from a body of critical and solid support.
The good news is that today we can whip any other air force on the planet.
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