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Air Force

Lawmakers Call For Ramp-Up Of Light Attack Aircraft Program To Support SOCOM Requirements

Frank Wolfe

Monday, November 25th, 2019

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Lawmakers Call For Ramp-Up Of Light Attack Aircraft Program To Support SOCOM Requirements

Defense authorizers in the U.S. House and Senate are pushing for a rampup of the Light Attack Aircraft to support special operations forces (SOF) on the ground. H.R. 2500 and S. 1790, the House and Senate versions of the Fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, contain amendments by Reps. John Rutherford (R-Fla.) and Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), that would allow U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to buy the planes after SOCOM certifies a "mission capability gap…

Congress

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Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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Congress

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