The state of Illinois will have to take a different tack per US Dist. Court Judge Jeanne Scott, who ruled Tuesday that the state had no grief with a recommendation by the BRAC commission to move the F-16s flown by the Air National Guard’s 183rd Fighter Wing at Springfield to Fort Wayne, Ind. Why? Because the commission’s decision really isn’t final—not until the President and Congress sign off. The commission turns over its “final” recommendations to President Bush Thursday.
The nation needs a better-coordinated policy for dealing with unmanned aerial systems that threaten domestic bases, Air Force vice chief of staff Gen. James C. Slife told a panel of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He and Pentagon acquisition and sustainment chief William LaPlante co-chair a panel looking at counter-UAS…