And with good reason: no other Air Force asset can track 600 moving ground targets simultaneously at distances in excess of 150 miles. The Air Force had been planning a "recapitalization" (replacement) program for the fleet known in the inevitable piece of Pentagon jargon as J-Stars Recap. But Air Force leaders have left some key details out of their explanation for the sudden change of plans. The question of what to do about the aging J-Stars fleet has been studied to death. The Air Force just changed its mind about what the data meant, without any public explanation of why.

Source: Forbes November 29, 2017 15:37 UTC