John McCain: “Secretary Gates, are the actions you are directing intended to strengthen the argument for repeal of existing law?”

the Air Force has committed to keeping the B-52 through 2040, while phasing out the B-2 and B-1

the Air Force has committed to re-engining the B-52H and begun to put funding into its budget

The Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) required the Air Force to maintain a minimum of 1,900 fighter aircraft, of which at least 1,100 would be combat coded.

Have you read about the FAST Act? Oh, yes. We have read about it but we really do not, you know, have to, like, pay a lot of attention to it.