Название: United States Air Force: Air Power Yearbook 2018
Издательство: Key Publishing
Год издания: 2017
Cтраниц: 100
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 20,5 MB

The third edition of the US Air Force Air Power Yearbook comes at a time when readiness is at the forefront of the concerns for USAF leaders. It’s a word that has many influencing factors, not least manpower — the USAF says it is short by nearly 2,000 pilots — hardware, funding, the list goes on.
One of the ways the USAF is looking to retain and ‘absorb’ more pilots is through OA-X or light attack. This could see the USAF at long last buying a fleet of low-cost, light attack aircraft to operate in low threat environments in support of ground forces in the close air support role.