Richard Shelby: “We also need a strong Army to deter China and respond to provocations, Iran, North Korea, and radical extremist groups.”

I remain concerned that the Air Force budget request is insufficient considering the needed modernization across the inventory with a rapidly evolving threat.

As Senator Shelby at our Senate testimony hearing last March pointed out to us, we must maintain what we have before we can build new, and I think he hits the mark head-on.

Russia's launched multiple hypersonic weapons as part of their invasion of the Ukraine and China is continuing to develop its own hypersonic weapons.

A lot of people, including this Senator, believe that the request is not enough considering the problems in the world.