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February 28, 2008

HASC Drills Down On Air Force Unfunded Requirements

By Jen DiMascio The Air Force's list of $20 billion in unfunded requirements was front and center at a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) hearing yesterday. Members of the committee sought to get to the bottom of the difference between the service's...
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February 25, 2008

Young Memo Calls Additional C-17 Buy Costly

By Jen DiMascio Buying more than 205 C-17 Globemaster aircraft to boost airlift capacity is too expensive, according to a memo by the Pentagon's acquisition chief. During the process of certifying a program to replace engines on C-5 Galaxy aircraft, John...
http://www.ddn.com/weapons/C-17/1842.html

December 21, 2007

Members of Congress Press For C-17 Funding In FY '09 Budget

By Jen DiMascio Like a number of senators last week, 57 House members this week appealed to the Defense Secretary to ensure that the Air Force funds C-17 Globemasters in the budget the Pentagon will submit to Congress in February. "USAF leaders have...
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December 19, 2007

Senators Press Administration To Ask For C-17 Funding In FY'09

By Jen DiMascio Nineteen Senators last week urged Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Office of Management and Budget Director Jim Nussle to provide enough funding for C-17 Globemasters in the administration's fiscal year 2009 budget request. "For each of...
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December 14, 2007

Schwartz: Expanded Global Infrastructure Needed For North-To-South Transport

The U.S. military's global transport network needs to grow from it's current east-west orientation to a more robust en-route infrastructure that can move personnel and material more readily north to south as well, including into regions of growing interest...
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December 11, 2007

McCain Boycotts Conference Report, Opposing Plus-up For C-17 Aircraft

By Jen DiMascio Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, vowed not to sign the conference report of the committee's most important annual bill because of an earmark. The $2.28 billion sticking point authorizes the...
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December 11, 2007

Paper Urges Killing Raptor, Osprey, DDG 1000, And Buying Just One Sub Per Year

By Dave Ahearn A new paper urges killing the Air Force F-22 Raptor supersonic-superstealth fighter aircraft program, the Air Force-Marine Corps V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, the Navy DDG 1000 destroyer, and also urges abandoning plans to increase...
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December 10, 2007

Roles and Missions Study To Address Control Over Cargo Aircraft Program

By Jen DiMascio The House is likely to vote this week on a bill that authorizes the Defense Department to spend $507 billion during this fiscal year. The wide-ranging bill that sets new policies in terms of acquisition and wartime contracting also mandates...
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December 7, 2007

Appropriators Planning To Add Up to 14 C-17s To Spring Supplemental

By Jen DiMascio Appropriators have an agreement to add the purchase of C-17s to a war funding bill that lawmakers will consider next year. Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), the chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, said this week appropriators...
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