US EditionAir Force secretary: Elon Musk ‘not a warfighter,’ needs to learn more
- Elon Musk is described as ‘not a warfighter’ by the Air Force Secretary, indicating a lack of military experience.
- The Air Force Secretary states that Musk ‘needs to learn more,’ suggesting a gap in understanding military operations.
- Military officials question Musk's involvement in defense technology, emphasizing the need for military knowledge.
- The Air Force Secretary highlights the importance of military knowledge for technology leaders in defense.
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The Air Force Secretary said Elon Musk ‘needs to learn a little bit more about the business’ before deriding crewed fighter jets
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said Elon Musk should learn more about air combat tech before publicly slamming crewed fighter jets as obsolete. “I have a lot of respect for Elon Musk as an engineer,” Kendall said on Thursday at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. “He’s not a warfighter, and he needs to learn a little bit more about the business, I think, before he makes such grand announcements as he did,” Kendall said. Musk recentl…
The Air Force Secretary said Elon Musk 'needs to learn a little bit more about the business' before deriding crewed fighter jets
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said he has "a lot of respect" for Elon Musk as an engineer, but said the billionaire is no warfighter.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images and Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesFrank Kendall, the Air Force Secretary, hit back on Elon Musk's comments slamming the F-35.While Kendall said he respects the billionaire, he said Musk is "not a warfighter."Musk has trashed the F-35 as obsolete compared to drones, …
The F-22 Raptor Nightmare for the U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force is facing a significant challenge with its highly advanced F-22 Raptor fleet, often referred to as a "nightmare" due to a confluence of strategic, budgetary, and operational issues. Initially planned to be produced in numbers up to 750 to replace the aging F-15 Eagles, production was curtailed dramatically to just 186 units, with only about 130 ever being fully operational. This drastic reduction stemmed from post-Cold War bud…
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