Ahead of weather conditions the scribed is catastrophic. Hello thank you for joining us iran has vowed to retaliate after the u. S. Assassinated its top military commander leaving the middle east on a knife edge custom so the money who was regarded as the 2nd most powerful figure in iran died in an airstrike near Baghdad Airport a top Iraqi Paramilitary commander on the on the hunt this was also killed iraqs Prime Minister says the act will light the fuse of a destructive war well in iraq and angry crowds protested after friday prayers condemning the assassination and chanting death to america and Supreme Leader ali khamenei who had a close relationship with so many vowed severe revenge for his killing as leaders around the world expressed concern and condemnation the u. S. Ordered all its citizens to immediately leave iraq its forces and israels are now on high alert some of the fulton reports now from like that. Heart break in the upper ranks of the Iranian Military at the official a
Thank you. Live now to the Mitchell Institute for aerospace studies, group is holding a discussion on the future of air warfare. To top u. S. Air force officials, live coverage here on cspan2. We joined in progress. We have russias next generation, the as 500 to be capable of engaging targets as far away as charlotte and buffalo. As you can see the systems are being deployed worldwide and this trend will only continue as additional nations seek to neutralize our air power advantage. Variants of the same to invoice on the globe where our air forces operate. Moving onto airbase evince the production and proliferation of advanced fighters poses another escalate escalating challenge to our Legacy Fighter force and even our new fifthgeneration aircraft. One only has to look at trends and Aircraft Development over the past several decades to see where our legacy systems are being overtaken. Today are most numerous fighters are outmatched by the latest russian and chinese designs. Every stage
America. Yesterday, a panel of activeduty and retired u. S. Air force officials discussed the importance of maintaining air superiority on the global stage. Posted by the Mitchell Institute for aerospace studies, this is about an hour. Our fellow on panel, which we are fortunate to have with us. Deputy chief of staff for the airports for operations nolan and his partner, lieutenant mison. L dash ja a cat bit of introduction for you all. I think most of the people in this room understand that air superiority is a tenet of National Security operation. We cant succeed unless we have it. However, in terms of quantity of aircraft, the United States air force has been on a down slide for over 25 years now. The air force has 59 fewer fighter squadrons than it had during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, but we had 130 four squadrons at the time. Got 33 fewer people and fewer total aircraft. At the same time, the air force is operating a geriatric force that is becoming more so every day. Bomber
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