John McCain: “If we want to be far more effective, you would need the assets in order to do that.”

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.

The Senate Armed Services Committee has the opportunity to conduct the kind of oversight that will help the Department correct course.

Six years is still too long.

I am convinced the only successful path to preserving the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific--and the peace and prosperity it has generated--is to renew America's leadership in the region in full.