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By Air Mobility Command Public Affairs, Air Mobility Command / Published May 03, 2021 (U.S. Air Force Graphic) Airmen from the 92nd Maintenance Squadron perform hot pit refueling on a KC-135 Stratotanker on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, March 25, 2021. Hot pit refueling occurs nearly immediately after an aircraft lands, maintaining one engine remaining on during the refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kiaundra Miller) From the left, Capt. Stephen Tice and 1st Lt. Forrest Doss, both 3rd Airlift Squadron pilots, fly a C-17 Globemaster III during a loc...

Patty-Jane is the policy analyst for nuclear deterrence and missile defense at The Heritage Foundation. President-elect Joe Biden is briefed by expert members of his national security and foreign policy agency review teams on December 28, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Mark Makela / Stringer / Getty Images Key Takeaways Since our adversaries’ nuclear arsenals pose an existential threat to the United States, it is critical to ensure all elements of the triad remain viable. Without LRSO missiles to threaten inaccessible targets, the Air Force could not perfo...

LRSO: Why America Needs the Nuclear Long-Range Standoff Weapon Biden would be wise to continue to develop a nuclear-armed LRSO to help the B-52 continue its deterrence mission. In reviewing the nation’s nuclear deterrent posture, President Joe Biden’s national security team will closely scrutinize the Air Force’s Long-Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO) program, which is a modernized nuclear-armed, air-launched cruise missile. Critics contend that the weapon may be destabilizing, but delaying or canceling the program would be a huge mistake. The LRSO—along with gravity bombs—form the “ai...

Second B-21 Raider Under Construction As The First One Approaches Roll-Out In Early 2022 Second B-21 Raider Under Construction As The First One Approaches Roll-Out In Early 2022 An artist rendering of a B-21 Raider concept in a hangar at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. Ellsworth AFB is one of the bases expected to host the new airframe. (Courtesy graphic by Northrop Grumman via U.S. Air Force) The lessons learned from the construction of the first B-21 Raider bomber are being used to improve the second one, which will be used for structural testing. A second B-21 Raider bomber is unde...

Toggle open close As part of its long-overdue effort to modernize the U.S. nuclear deterrent, the United States is developing the Long-Range Standoff weapon (LRSO) to maintain the ability of nuclear-capable bombers to hold targets in well-defended areas at risk. The LRSO will replace the Air Force’s current nuclear-armed, air-launched cruise missile (ALCM), the AGM-86B, which has been in service since 1982—and is becoming increasingly obsolete against enemy air defenses. The LRSO will play an important role in maintaining the nuclear triad because it will sustain the nuclear ALCM capabili...