Trouble is Coming to U.S. Air Force Bombers

[rangerrebew]

 November 3, 2021

Trouble is Coming to U.S. Air Force Bombers

Is the U.S. Air Force bomber fleet on its knees?
by David Axe Follow @daxe on Twitter L

Here's What You Need to Remember: Bombers aren’t necessarily going to deploy less often or in fewer numbers, the Air Force implied. Rather, they’re simply going to deploy less predictably under a new scheme the service calls “dynamic force employment.”

In mid-April 2020 the Air Force abruptly ended its 16-year-old rotation of B-1, B-2, and B-52 bombers at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.

At least one expert believes the abrupt end to the Continuous Bomber Rotation effort signals a further decline in the Air Force’s ability to project long-range firepower.

“The Air Force knows this mission area is stretched too thin,” retired Air Force major general Larry Stutzriem and Douglas Birkey wrote in Defense News.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/trouble-coming-us-air-force-bombers-195491

[rangerrebew]

Maybe they have decided in future wars the bombers are just too slow for today's defensive weapons.

[rustynail]

They have to address the critical lack of diversity and inclusiveness in the flight and ground crews.  Also None of the bombers have Rainbows.