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USAF Drafting Response to HASC on EC-37B Requirement

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, November 8th, 2023

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USAF Drafting Response to HASC on EC-37B Requirement

U.S. Air Force mechanics with the 41st Expeditionary Combat Squadron wait for the EC-130H Compass Call aircraft crew to arrive at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait on Feb. 21 last year (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force plans to respond to the House Armed Services Committee's (HASC) request for the service to lay out a requirement for EC-37B Compass Call aircraft by BAE Systems and L3Harris Technologies [LHX]. "The Air Force is in the process of drafting the report," the service said in a Nov. 8 email. HASC report 118-125 from June 30 on the HASC version of the fiscal 2024 defense authorization bill said that the committee "is concerned that the current programmed fleet…

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