NEW REPORT ON COMBAT AIR FORCE SURVIVABILITY CALLS FOR NEW ELECTRONIC ATTACK AIRCRAFT

摘要

A new report from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), (Washington DC) titled, "Five Priorities for the Air Force's Future Combat Air Force," provides recommendations to help the US Air Force align its combat air forces (CAF) with the 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS). The report defines the CAF as including the Air Force's fighters; bombers; electronic warfare; strategic intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); and battle management and command and control (BMC2) aircraft. The majority of its analysis is focused on the capabilities, mix and capacity of the Air Force's next-generation fighter and bomber fleets.