Mitre: Air Force Should Expand Bases, Raise Aircraft Mission-Capable Rates to 80%
A new Mitre study says the U.S. Air Force should expand four additional bases in the Pacific to accommodate operations of up to 24 bombers and 18 tankers as well as procure and field “large magazines of long-range standoff weapons†to counter anti-access/area denial threats, the Air Force Magazine reported Thursday.