Themobilized civilairliftforceplaysan importantrole in enhancing US's strategic airlift capability and achieving the goal of US Army's global forceprojection.
"A genuine strategic air power must possess a strong power projectioncapability, which is highly reliant on large aircraft, namely a strategic air freighter and a strategic bomber, " said Wang Yanan, deputy editor in chief at Aerospace Knowledge magazine and a military analyst, in a China Daily report.