As the US Air Force fleet keeps shrinking, can it still win wars?

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As the US Air Force fleet keeps shrinking, can it still win wars?

In February 2017, then-Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein issued a warning.Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Goldfein rattled off all the missions the Air Force must undertake: defending the U.S. against attack, operating two legs of the nation’s nuclear triad, projecting air power around the globe and, at the time, defeating the militant group known as the Islamic State.“Every one of those mi…