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2024 in review: Air Force
« on: December 29, 2024, 06:07:46 am »
2024 in review: Air Force
China shakeup, bombers, jammers, ICBM—it was a busy year.
Defense One Staff | December 29, 2024 06:00 AM ET
Air Force China Industry White House
   
Air Force announces major shakeup to prep for war with China
Space Force also lists changes, including a futures command.
Audrey Decker, Staff Writer

China’s new stealth bomber ‘nowhere near as good’ as US’s, intel official says
U.S. could win a war with China today, but would suffer heavy losses, the official told reporters.
Audrey Decker, Staff Writer

Another US precision-guided weapon falls prey to Russian electronic warfare, US says
A U.S. defense official would not provide specifics, but is likely referring to Boeing’s Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb.
Sam Skove, Staff Writer

Air Force merges ICBM program management offices
The new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Directorate will handle work on the decades-old Minuteman III and the wildly over-budget Sentinel.
Nick Wakeman, Editor-in-Chief, Washington Technology

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2024/12/2024-review-air-force/401849/?oref=d1-featured-river-top
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