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Defense Watch: RC-135 Role in ABMS, SECAF to UTEP, Unfunded TSA Priorities

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Friday, April 5th, 2019

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Defense Watch: RC-135 Role in ABMS, SECAF to UTEP, Unfunded TSA Priorities

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RC-135. The Air Force’s fleet of RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft will be playing a role in the future Advanced Battle Management System, Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein told Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) during a Thursday SASC hearing as he described what that architecture could look like. “The visual I would offer you is if the F-35 is outside, it’s the quarterback of a penetrating joint team. And that joint team consists of F-35, B-21, RQ-170, and X-37 in space, low…

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