
The U.S. Air Force is moving ahead with developing a replacement for its Air Force EC-130H Compass Call electronic-attack aircraft now that Congress has provided funding through the recently enacted fiscal year 2017 omnibus appropriations act, a service official said May 15.The legislation, which President Donald Trump signed into law earlier this month, contains $103 million to launch the program. As a result, the Air Force has “initiated the contract actions” to start the effort, said Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch,…