The US Air Force’s current fighter fleet, numbering around 1,610 aircraft (predominantly non-stealth F-16Cs), raises ...

"The Air Force really has all of their pilots in their operational squadrons. They have none of the strategic depth that the nation needs," said Heather Penney.

The Air Force lacks key skills needed for modern warfare and struggles to track and manage those skills across the service.

According to the World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft, the Air Force has 762 F-16Cs ... using autonomy and all-domain sensing, for example. Those are things that we're finding as game ...