Analysts at the Congressional Budget Office assert that there is no way “to completely eliminate the adverse effects” faced by firms when their reserve employees are activated. The CBO proffers four options “for mitigating the effects,” but a CBO official told lawmakers Monday, that any of the four would help some businesses, but none, even in combination, provides a complete solution. And, there is the price tag to consider: Direct and indirect costs “could be substantial,” says CBO.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.