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Air Force

Senators Want Answers On Air Force’s $1 Billion ECSS Cancellation

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

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The heads of the Senate Armed Services Committee want an Air Force explanation behind its decision to cancel the Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS), for which they say the service spent more than $1 billion on, but apparently failed to produce any significant military capability. Calling ECSS possibly “one of the most egregious examples of mismanagement in recent history,” committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Ranking Member John McCain (R-Ariz.) asked Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in their Dec. 5 letter…

Congress

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

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‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]

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

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]