Other Nations Gaining on U.S. in Air Power - General [View All]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States must modernize its fighter jets to maintain air supremacy, a top Air Force general said on Wednesday citing the success of advanced Russian-made jets against American planes in a recent exercise as signaling an erosion of its overwhelming advantage.

Gen. Hal Hornburg, head of U.S. Air Combat Command, said a U.S. air-to-air exercise with the Indian Air Force in February, in which India used Russian jets to defeat aging American F-15Cs, revealed ``that we may not be as far ahead of the rest of the world as we once thought we were.''

Defense experts in both the United States and Europe, however, have said it is unlikely that America -- with vast spending power and a major industrial base -- would lose its dominance in military technology.

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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-arms-usa-airforce.html

Gee, didn't Dean get attacked for saying that we might not always have the strongest military, yet here a General is saying the same thing and nada is said.

:shrug:

Yeah, I get it.