Two Problems and Potential Solutions to the USAF’s Future Bomber Force

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 Two Problems and Potential Solutions to the USAF’s Future Bomber Force
 

Peter Ong 22 Jun 2020

The U.S.A.F.’s future bomber force may affect response times in supporting strike missions for U.S.M.C.’s Force Design 2030 and the U.S. Navy’s Distributed Maritime Operations

    “…we’ve said publicly that we think we need 220 bombers overall—75 B-52s and the rest B-21s, longterm.”

    Gen. Timothy Ray, commander of Global Strike Command and the Air Force Strategic component commander for STRATCOM. (AirForceMagazine, May 2020)

The United States Air Force’s (U.S.A.F.) conventional B-1Bs and B-52s heavy bombers, B-2 “Spirit” Stealth bombers, and the upcoming B-21 “Raider” Stealth bombers have inherent weaknesses that they can’t solve in the future. In this Opinion-Editorial, Peter Ong looks at how new-designed Heavy Seaplanes and Sustained Supersonic Bombers could be innovative solutions to address the current lack of presence and the lack of bomber speed.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/06/two-problems-and-potential-solutions-to-the-usafs-future-bomber-force/