Aging US aircraft can’t intimidate or defeat China, new Air Force Secretary says


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China’s rapid aerospace developments are presenting the biggest military challenge to the U.S. in its entire history and the U.S. may be too insistent on maintaining old aircraft fleets to keep pace with that threat, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall warned on Monday. In his first public speech since being confirmed as Air Force secretary, Kendall told the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland that the service needs to more rapidly retire old aircraft and replace them, or else it won’t be able to keep up with China and Russia. “While America is still...