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Air Force

HASC Subcommittee Allows Air Force Bomber Retirement Requests, Fences Proposed Tanker Retirements

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, June 22nd, 2020

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HASC Subcommittee Allows Air Force Bomber Retirement Requests, Fences Proposed Tanker Retirements

A B-1 releasing a JASSM. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) agrees with the Air Force’s request to retire a number of aging bomber aircraft in the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill, but will forbid any proposed KC-135 retirements until the service’s next tanker program is on track. The HASC seapower and projection forces subcommittee mark of the FY ’21 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) supports the proposed retirement of the Air Force’s 17 oldest B-1B Lancer bombers between the bill’s enactment and January…

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