The new Democratic-controlled Senate has set among its top legislative tasks for 2007 relieving the strain on the US military and repairing crumbling military infrastructure, says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-N.M.) The Democrats plan to introduce legislation titled “Rebuilding America’s Military Act of 2007″ (S. 8).
The Air Force has finished resurrecting a B-1B Lancer, completing a yearslong process to transform a bomber that had been stored for parts in the Arizona desert into the new flagship of the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.