While no effort was made to define or formally approve consensus positions or recommendations, the summary of the proceedings offered powerful arguments for fielding a large and flexible manned bomber force for the indefinite future, with a fleet of more than 20 B-2 aircraft as its backbone.
It resulted in an influential summary of that Roundtable's proceedings which served to inform subsequent congressional decisions about the need to maintain a robust U.S. bomber force and to preserve the option to produce additional B-2 bombers.
Those interested in participating in the next Casey symposium, tentatively scheduled for June 1997 in Washington, should write to or fax the Center -- as should those interested in receiving a summary of the day's proceedings, which will be made available shortly.
The first simplified disciplinary procedure concluded they only needed to receive written warnings, but more formal proceedings - after the criminal trial of those responsible for Peter's death - resulted in summary dismissal for gross misconduct.