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Air Force ‘Off And Running’ On Replacing Compass Call Aircraft

By Marc Selinger

Monday, May 15th, 2017

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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,…

Congress

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Congress

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Army

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