WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news release:

Operations Midnight Hammer and Epic Fury - or at least the lessons learned - were the topics of discussion at a long-range airpower panel during the Air and Space Forces Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Sept. 15.

The panel brought together bomber, mobility, and aerospace industry leaders to assess the strategic airpower environment.

Throughout the dialogue, panel members emphasized that while long-range strike operations have proven decisively effective in recent combat campaigns, maintaining that asymmetric advantage demands continuous modernization, seamless cross-command team...