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US Air Force Readies Airborne ISR Modernization Plan For Congress

US Air Force Readies Airborne ISR Modernization Plan For Congress
An RQ-4 Global Hawk, assigned to the 319th Operations Group, Detachment 1, Andersen AFB, Guam, lands at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 5, 2019, for a rotational deployment (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force is preparing to deliver a modernization plan for the service's airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) assets--a report to be sent to the congressional defense committees by March 30 under Section 142 of the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). "The Air Force ISR modernization is in its final stages of review and will be delivered to Congress as mandated by the 2021 NDAA," the service said on March 17. The report is to analyze…

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