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Lots of great studies and papers including the latest Air Force 'Blue Horizons II'. They now have the entire Air Force 2025 and Spacecast 2020 studies as PDFs which I don't remember them having last time I visited awhile ago.
 
www.airforcetimes.com

Super Galaxys will now soar for decades, but the service has other transport problems​

17 years of upgrades to the C-5M fleet will extend the Super Galaxy’s service life into the 2040s, but now the Air Force is planning more changes for its airlift fleet.
www.airforcetimes.com
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Air Force studies found that the newer C-17, a strategic airlifter, is in higher demand than the much older C-130, a tactical aircraft put to use in transport, airborne assault, search and rescue, aerial refueling and other roles.

The rejiggering described by Miller, first reported by Defense News, a sister publication of Air Force Times, would give the service 54 airlift squadrons — one more than it has now.
But there's always a catch. The C-17 production line run by Boeing in Long Beach, California, has been shut down. The firm produced its last Globemaster in 2015, according to Defense News.

Restarting it would be an expensive proposition, and Miller said it’s one the service has not discussed with Boeing, stressing that discussions of the airlift fleet’s future composition will also be shaped by a study that is underway.

“Those are the details that we have not looked at,” Miller said of restarting the production line. “That will be the next discussion as we proceed, talking with Congress and working with Congress, because the same would apply for the tanker fleet. An additional 14 squadrons by 2030 — what would be the path to get there?”

But there's always a catch. The C-17 production line run by Boeing in Long Beach, California, has been shut down. The firm produced its last Globemaster in 2015, according to Defense News.

Restarting it would be an expensive proposition, and Miller said it’s one the service has not discussed with Boeing, stressing that discussions of the airlift fleet’s future composition will also be shaped by a study that is underway.

Could the Air Force restart the C-17 production line?​

https://simpleflying.com/reasons-c-17-globemaster-iii-hard-to-replace/​


Pacific "pop up" bases, transports/tankers the often ignored real USAF issues,
 

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