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Air Force Having ‘Aggressive Dialogue’ With Congress On Upcoming Bomber Plan

By Marc Selinger

Wednesday, July 26th, 2017

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Air Force Having ‘Aggressive Dialogue’ With Congress On Upcoming Bomber Plan

The Air Force in 2016 unveiled the name of the future B-21 bomber: the "Raider." (Credit: Marc Selinger/Defense Daily)

The U.S. Air Force is consulting closely with lawmakers on the bomber roadmap that it plans to unveil in September, the service’s top general said July 26.“We’re in the process right now of doing something that we’ve been accused in the past of not doing really well, and that is including Congress in the dialogue about where we’re going in the future,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said. Gen. Robin Rand, head of Air Force Global Strike…

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