US Air Forces in Europe “currently operates a limited number” of airborne intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance assets, so it has “aggressively pursued” working with allies who have such capabilities, says Army Gen. John Craddock, Supreme Allied Commander Europe and head of US European Command. Craddock told lawmakers last week during testimony on the 2008 defense budget that last year USAFE “almost doubled its traditional intelligence exchanges.” He stated in written testimony that USAFE had participated in 438 security cooperation events in 61 countries.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer to have budget certification authority over the military services’ research and development accounts—a move the services say would add a burdensome and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.
