ICYMI: Senators Budd, Shaheen: America’s Air Superiority Is Losing Altitude

This press release from Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) was published on 2026-05-05 and titled "ICYMI: Senators Budd, Shaheen: America’s Air Superiority Is Losing Altitude". It focuses on foreign policy and touches on defense, China.

ICYMI: Senators Budd,  Shaheen: America’s Air Superiority Is Losing Altitude

Washington, D.C. — The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed co-authored by U.S. Senators Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, where they made a bipartisan case for urgently strengthening American military airpower, as China increasingly outpaces the U.S. Air Force’s readiness and capacity. Read the op-ed HERE or below: Since the turn of the century, the U.S. military has dominated the [ ]