As global threats rise, the U.S. Air Force is facing a controversial crossroads. The Pentagon’s fiscal 2026 budget proposes deep cuts to the F-35 fighter program and the cancellation of the E-7 Wedgetail surveillance aircraft, moves that a group of former Air Force chiefs of staff calls a “strategic blunder.” In a letter to Congress, the group warns that these reductions would shrink an already overstretched force and erode America’s ability to deter or win future conflicts. Here with more on their logic is one of the signers of that letter, Retired Air force lieutenant general Dave Deptula.
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