FY-18 omnibus would add six C-130Js, five MC-130Js above USAF request

By Courtney Albon / March 23, 2018 at 9:00 AM
Congress is proposing several Air Force aircraft quantity increases in the fiscal year 2018 omnibus spending bill it released this week, including close to $1.2 billion to buy 11 new C-130J, MC-130J and HC-130J aircraft. The additional airlifters were not included in the service's FY-18 budget request nor in its unfunded requirements list and authorizers did not add them in the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act. The funding boost would buy six C-130Js for the Air National Guard,...

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