The Air Force announces plans to transfer the combat search and rescue forces from Air Combat Command to Air Force Special Operations Command, effective Oct. 1, 2003.
The Collaborative Combat Aircraft will be operational in the late 2020s, several years before the Next-Generation Air Dominance family of systems, Air Force officials told the House Armed Services tactical aviation panel. The CCAs will first be “shooters,” then electronic warfare platforms, then sensors, in that order, they added.