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Air Force Nearing Completion Of ISR Plan

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, January 4th, 2018

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Air Force Nearing Completion Of ISR Plan

An armed MQ-9 Reaper taxis down a runway. Photo: U.S. Air Force

The U.S. Air Force, which is writing a report on how it hopes to improve its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities in the coming years, plans to finish the document in “early spring,” a key general said Jan. 4.The “Next Generation ISR Dominance Flight Plan” will be “pretty comprehensive,” addressing “all things for ISR in all domains,” said Lt. Gen. VeraLinn “Dash” Jamieson, Air Force deputy chief of staff for ISR. “It’s not just how do I modernize. It’s really…

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