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Air Force

House, Senate NDAA Marks Largely Concur to Prevent Most Proposed Air Force Aircraft Retirements

By Vivienne Machi

Thursday, June 25th, 2020

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House, Senate NDAA Marks Largely Concur to Prevent Most Proposed Air Force Aircraft Retirements

KC-10. Photo: Air Force

House and Senate Armed Services lawmakers appear mostly aligned in their marks of the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill when it comes to the Air Force’s request to retire nearly 100 legacy aircraft. In keeping with tradition, the two committees’ versions of the FY ’21 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) largely seek to deny the Air Force’s retirement plans, with some exceptions or requests for additional data before acceptance. The Air Force sought to realign $4.1 billion across its…

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