To counter China, America’s next CCA needs a different mission

To counter China, America’s next CCA needs a different mission

A file photo shows an U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker with the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 108th Wing and F-16 Fighting Falcons with the 177th Fighter Wing simulate a mid-air refueling. (New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen)

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments’ Greg Malandrino argues in this op-ed that a fight with China will require CCAs for defense as well as offense.

Defense