US Air Force Explores Strategic Overhaul in Pacific to Counter Rising China Challenge

US Air Force Explores Strategic Overhaul in Pacific to Counter Rising China Challenge
F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, arrive at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 20, 2023. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jessi Roth
Stephen Xia
Sean Tseng
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The U.S. Air Force is considering revamping its operations in the Pacific to address increasing challenges from communist China. Rather than focusing solely on expensive fighter jets, it is shifting toward cost-effective technologies such as drones and hypersonic missiles and adopting dispersed operational tactics to maintain an advantage.

Stephen Xia, a former PLA engineer, specialized in aviation equipment and engineering technology management. Since retiring from military service, he has been following the world's development of military equipment.