From his hospital room, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin first orchestrated and then watched in real time as the U.S. retaliatory attack on Yemen-based Houthi militants unfolded Thursday night.
A Western coalition comprised of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Bahrain, and the Netherlands conducted a series of strikes against Houthi insurgents in Yemen.
The F/A-XX program is the development and acquisition program for a sixth-generation air superiority fighter. The F/A-XX program is the Navy’s manned fighter component of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) family of systems, which will be distinct from the Air Force’s NGAD fighter, known as the Penetrating Counter-Air (PCA).
The U.S. Navy has loved the F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet, but whether that love affair continues with the price of the aircraft nearly doubling has yet to be seen.