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Senate Armed Services

USAF Would ‘Greatly Value’ Congressional Boost for Sustainment, Flying Hours

June 22, 2021 | By John A. Tirpak
Flying hours dropped in the Air Force's fiscal 2022 budget request because weapon system sustainment costs ballooned, senior Air Force officials told lawmakers June 22. They said the service would value Congress adding money to the budget to help with weapon system sustainment, which in ...

After Leaving Somalia, U.S. Troops Now ‘Commuting to Work’ From Other Nations

April 22, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
Since U.S. forces withdrew from Somalia earlier this year, they have been “commuting to work” via aircraft to help train Somali troops, but without a ground presence there is limited intelligence understanding, the head of U.S. Africa Command told lawmakers. In December 2020, former President ...

Congress Questions Need for New Armed Overwatch Planes for SOCOM

July 1, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Congress wants to pump the brakes on U.S. Special Operations Command’s effort to buy a new plane for armed overwatch in remote areas, after many lawmakers recently supported a similar Air Force program. Lawmakers call on Pentagon leadership to describe why SOCOM would need such ...

Thune Plan for Turkey: Sell U.S. the Triumf, All Will Be Forgiven on F-35

June 30, 2020 | By John A. Tirpak
If Turkey sells the U.S. the advanced S-400 air defense system it bought from Russia, Ankara could resume its lucrative role in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, under provisions inserted in the Senate's version of the 2021 defense policy bill by Sen. John Thune ...
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