BIG AVIATION REPORT

Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 20:13:40 MT

SIMPLE FLYING · DEFENSE

WHY RESTARTING A 1990S AIRLIFTER COULD BE THE US AIR FORCE'S FASTEST PATH TO 2040S CAPABILITY...

The United States Air Force’s most promising answer to a 2041 capability gap might not be a new aircraft at all.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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