"Navigating Next-Gen Air Power in the Indo-Pacific"
Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
Asia Defense
The Diplomat
15 July 2024
Originally published: https://thediplomat.com/2024/07/navigating-next-gen-air-power-in-the-indo-pacific/
The United States’ Indo-Pacific adversaries are already working on their next-generation fighter jets. Washington can’t fall behind.
"The U.S. Air Force’s Next-Generation Fighter Is Facing Headwinds"
Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
Briefing
World Politics Review
2 July 2024
Originally published: https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/us-air-force-ngad/
The war in Ukraine has brought renewed interest to the issue of controlling the air domain during conflicts, an area that the U.S. Air Force did not have to worry about in Afghanistan and Iraq but will be a priority in any potential conflict with China or Russia. The service’s Next-Generation Air Dominance, or NGAD, program aims to develop a new fighter and ensure the Air Force’s airspace control. However, the program may be in peril due to budgetary issues and the legacy of the troubled F-35 multirole combat aircraft.
"US Air Force’s NGAD warplane program may crash, and that’s bad"
Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
Stars And Stripes
1 July 2024
Originally published: https://www.stripes.com/opinion/2024-07-01/air-force-ngad-warplane-program-14357694.html
At a time of acute global disorder, with America’s adversaries investing heavily in their air forces, developing and procuring America’s next generation of aircraft is vital for our national security. The recent comments by the U.S. Air Force’s leadership signaling that the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter program appears to be in peril is a troubling development at a particularly inopportune time.
