USAF can no longer count on overseas bases for power projection

F-15E refuelling Bamboo Eagle c USAF

Source: US Air Force

Top service leaders within the US Air Force say forward air bases can no longer be counted upon as sanctuaries for US forces in the era of modern conflict, and recently completed military exercises aimed to test new methods of generating combat sorties.

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