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HASC Member’s Amendment Adds $200 Million to FY ’20 NDAA for RC-135 Equipment Replacement

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, July 10th, 2019

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HASC Member’s Amendment Adds $200 Million to FY ’20 NDAA for RC-135 Equipment Replacement

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A House Armed Services Committee (HASC) member-introduced amendment would divert $200 million to replace storm-damaged aircraft ground and training equipment from other Defense Department funding streams in the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), who represents Nebraska’s second district adjacent to Offutt Air Force Base, is a retired Air Force brigadier general and former commander of the 55th Wing at Offutt. His amendment would shift $200 million from DoD operations and maintenance funds and…

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