War room 2.0? U.S. Air Force upgrades Middle East command centre


  • World
  • Wednesday, 16 Aug 2017

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber arrives at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar April 9, 2016. REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Terrica Y. Jones/Handout via Reuters/File Photo

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar (Reuters) - With its wall-sized screens simultaneously showing America's air wars in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, this war room at the heart of America's biggest military campaigns is already something of a technological marvel.

"It's state of the art but too slow for the future," said General David Goldfein, chief of staff of the Air Force, who is visiting the centre at Qatar's Al Udeid Air Base this week with Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson.

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