A New Way Of Doing Business At The U.S. Air Force?

DoD Buzz: From Old Pilots to New Planes, Air Force Chief Talks ‘New Ways of Doing Business’

The Air Force has only begun a long-term balancing act as it tries to understand how best to predict future conflicts against what it has, and still needs, for pilots and aircraft inventory, the service’s top general recently told Military.com.

The Air Force is mulling the idea of retiring the F-15C/D Eagle sometime in the 2020s.

At the same time, the service could bring in new turboprop aircraft — known as OA-X light attack planes — if it sees value.

But do the numbers add up? It’s the question Military.com posed to Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein: Why potentially rid the inventory of planes you already have, then pay for new, but less capable planes amid a growing pilot shortage?

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WNU Editor: Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein is not the first to talk about "new ways of doing business" ... and he is probably not going to be last.