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Key Lawmaker To Examine Air Force Cancellation Of JSTARS Replacement

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, March 6th, 2018

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Key Lawmaker To Examine Air Force Cancellation Of JSTARS Replacement

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee

The head of a congressional defense subcommittee said March 6 that he intends to scrutinize the Air Force’s controversial plan to cancel its replacement for the aging E-8C JSTARS ground-surveillance aircraft.“We’re going to take a look at it,” said Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC’s) tactical air and land forces panel. The Air Force recently concluded that a new JSTARS aircraft, also known as the JSTARS recapitalization, would not be survivable in contested environments and…

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