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PACAF Commander Lays Down Marker for Significant Attritables Fleet

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PACAF Commander Lays Down Marker for Significant Attritables Fleet
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dustin Webb, an aerospace propulsion craftsman with the 36th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron based at Yokota Air Base, Japan, inspects the propeller of a C-130J Super Hercules before launch during Exercise Cope South 2022 on Feb. 20 at Bangladesh Air Force Base Bangabandhu, Bangladesh (U.S. Air Force Photo)

U.S. Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, the commander of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), on March 14 suggested that the Air Force will need many more drones in future years and that such numbers may surpass the number of manned aircraft. Last March, U.S. Navy officials suggested that the Navy will move to a 40-60 unmanned/manned carrier air wing and that such a percentage of unmanned/manned could reach 60-40 (Defense Daily, March 30, 2021). At the time, Rear Adm. Gregory Harris, …

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