Air Force Secretary Michael Donley addresses the service's upcoming budget priorities Jan. 27 while speaking to a group of community and military leaders in Colorado Springs, Colo. Duncan Wood / Air Force
USAF Turning to Flexible Multirole Aircraft -- Defence News
As the U.S. Air Force shrinks, multirole aircraft are going to play an ever larger role in the service’s inventory, the air arm’s top civilian official said.
The service’s strategy “favors retaining multirole capabilities going forward,” Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said Feb. 2. “The tactical air forces are going to get smaller and still be required to address a broad spectrum of threats.”
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My Comment: ELP sums it up perfectly on how stupid this thinking is.