China AI arms race: Here's what Air Force, Congress must do now to keep US competitive
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In the last decade, a strategic adversary has emerged – the People's Republic of China – so the Air Force must recapitalize its very old fleets quickly.
Whitten Peters served as the 19th secretary of the U.S. Air Force and the chair of the Air and Space Force Association.
The replacement for the venerable C-141, the C-17, had birthing problems and was initially capped at 40 aircraft. And, finally, the replacement for the F-16 and A-10, the Joint Strike Fighter program, was delayed and has since been further delayed by technical and budget problems. The Air Force's strategic missile fleet was upgraded, but replacement was postponed.
And there, matters sat while the Air Force fought the war on terror with its Reagan-era (and earlier) forces.
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