
The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) released its draft fiscal year 2020 defense appropriations bill May 14, with plans to fully fund the Air Force’s request for new F-15EX fighter jets along with extra F-35A Joint Strike Fighters. The bill, which provides $690.2 billion in discretionary funding across the Department of Defense, includes over $142 billion in defense procurement funding, $17.8 billion of which will go to Air Force procurement. House appropriators have elected to fully fund the Air Force’s request…