Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson and Gen. David L. Goldfein, right, Air Force chief of staff, appear ahead of a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing last year. (Tom Williams/AP)The Air Force must grow its air power substantially by 2030 to meet rapidly evolving threats from China and Russia, senior officials said. Air Force officials have not yet completed an estimate of what the increase would cost. “We have to be clear-eyed about the world in which we live.”“The Air Force is too small for what the nation is asking us to do,” she said. That makes it even more important for the United States to maintain its edge in air operations, the officials said.

Source: Washington Post September 17, 2018 14:32 UTC