U.S. facing 'catastrophic' loss in air power, analyst says
The U.S. military faces a "catastrophic" loss of air power if it doesn't accelerate plans to replace its aging Cold War-era aircraft, according to Loren Thompson, chief operating officer of the Lexington Institute. Whereas U.S. military aircraft production averaged 262 planes per year in the 1970s...
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