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Why The Air Force Is Sending F-15EXs To Seymour Johnson & Strike Eagles To A B-2 Stealth Base

The F-15EX is becoming an increasingly important part of the Air Force’s future force structure and is considered complementary to the B-21 bomber.

The F-15EX is becoming an increasingly important part of the Air Force’s future force structure and is considered complementary to the B-21 bomber.

A closer look at a fascinating financial question.

Fighter jets can be retired early for everything from being surplus with a peace dividend, to being a burden during times of rearmament.

Congress simply was not willing to send the F-22’s secrets abroad.

Military pilots have financial trade-offs when transitioning to the commercial sector, although loss of seniority can be bigger for seasoned pilots.

Ranking the NATO air forces by highest pilot salaries is difficult, although it clusters around North America and Western Europe.

The US is building back-up Guam bases in the Marianas, Micronesia, Palau and strategic depth bases in Australia.

One of the overlooked and innovative engineering aspects of the B-36 Peacemaker was its use of four turbojets to supplement its six piston engines.

The B-1B is better not thought of as a supersonic bomber, but as a subsonic bomber capable of limited supersonic dashes on under specific conditions.