House and Senate lawmakers, acquiescing to the Air Force's request to end the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization program, are now turning to address maintenance issues with the legacy fleet. In the final version of the fiscal year 2019 defense spending bill released Thursday, appropriators told the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on JSTARS maintenance by Jan. 31, 2019. "The report shall compare the cost expenditures of organic, industrial depot maintenance of the E-8C JSTARS...
