Maj. Gen. James Dawkins Jr. (middle), Eighth Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center commander, is briefed at RAF Fairford, England, April 4, 2019. (Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick/U.S. Air Force)
Military.com: Putting Nuclear Bombers Back on 24-Hour Alert Would Exhaust the Force, General Says
A requirement to return a portion of the Air Force bomber fleet to alert status ultimately would deteriorate and exhaust the force, a key general said Thursday.
While the Air Force routinely trains to deploy bombers at a moment's notice and conduct a nuclear strike anywhere in the world, returning to a full-time alert status could not "be done forever," Lt. Gen. James Dawkins, the service's deputy chief of staff for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration, said this week at a Mitchell Institute virtual event.
Such a mission would require a substantial increase in resources, Dawkins said.
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