In this op-ed on The National Review, naval historian Jerry Hendrix says the U.S. Air Force has lost its way and forgot its core mission is long-range strike.
Tech. Sgt. Cecilio Ricard [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Hendrix argued that the service is reduce the number of F-35s it plans to purchase and shift the funds to keep the B-2s flying into 2040s plus “procuring a far deeper magazine of precision, stand-off missiles.”