U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Oct. 18 stressed the need for the service to develop and sustain well-oiled supply chains for future conflicts and retire aging systems with little relevance in such conflicts. "Any future great power conflict will be a war of logistics," he said in an address to the National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA)/U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) fall meeting. "Our ability to deter, to prevail if conflict occurs, and to prevent the unthinkable option of escalation…
