"That's the first time I've heard that in public," said Mark Gunzinger, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment. "That does imply that 100 is a floor and that the future requirement might be more than 100."…
Gunzinger, a former senior Pentagon official and retired B-52 pilot, said he believed the 100-aircraft acquisition target was driven more by budget considerations than analysis of the requirement based on future threats.