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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Air Force Bomber Could Fly Unmanned Missions

B-2 SpiritThe Pentagon may be settling into what could be a decade of spartan defense spending, but the Air Force isn’t giving up its hope of buying a sizable fleet of manned and unmanned long-range bombers, the service’s top acquisition officer said recently.

The Air Force wants to replace its aging fleet of B-2s, B-1s and B-52 bombers by the mid 2020s with as many as 100 stealthy Long-Range Strike Bomber aircraft in order to bring next-generation bombing capability to the fleet, said Lt. Gen. Charles Davis, Military Deputy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition.

The strategy would mean five times as many bomber aircraft as the current inventory of 20 B-2 bombers – a way to sustain long-range bombing capability in the event of a protracted conflict, said Davis.

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