The Navy is maintaining and sustaining its aging fleet of EP-3E Airborne Reconnaissance Integrated Electronic System II aircraft, as well as other secretive Special Projects Aircraft, to support the requirements of combatant commanders, the Pentagon has told Congress. Key lawmakers hope to protect the aircraft until the Navy advances plans for a viable replacement. Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Michael Vickers and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. James Winnefeld, in a Feb. 1 letter to...
