BIG AVIATION REPORT

Sat, Sep 12, 2026, 17:59:06 MT

SIMPLE FLYING · DEFENSE

WHY THE US IS POURING $75 MILLION INTO 2 PACIFIC RUNWAYS BEYOND GUAM TO HANDLE FULLY-LOADED KC-46 TANKERS...

Andersen Air Force Base is getting 20 acres of new concrete because the Pentagon has concluded that hiding in bunkers no longer works in the modern air conflict.

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

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