The fiscal year 2015 omnibus spending bill released by Congress this week would bridge the Air Force Combat Rescue Helicopter program's $100 million funding gap, add $479 million to buy four additional F-35s, and provide $125 million for an extra competitive space launch, according to a summary of the compromise legislation. The bill includes more than $144 billion in base and wartime funding for Air Force accounts. Other spending measures in the bill would provide $220 million to initiate the...
