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Air Force

Air Force Bombing Outpaces Production Of Precision Weapons, Raiding Global Stockpiles

Friday, May 27th, 2016

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Air Force Bombing Outpaces Production Of Precision Weapons, Raiding Global Stockpiles

Airmen load a 2,000 pound GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition onto a B-1B Lancer aircraft.

The U.S. military is firing missiles and dropping bombs on Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria at a higher rate than it had planned to produce them, forcing commanders to reach into reserve weapon stocks to continue the fight, according to the Middle East Air Force chief.Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has publicly expressed concern that stocks of precision weapons like the AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles made by Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Boeing’s [BA] GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), were…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

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Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

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