House appropriators want to block the Air Force from retiring more than one E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System jet unless the service continues its earlier plan to recapitalize the fleet. According to the House Appropriations defense subcommittee's draft version of the fiscal year 2019 defense spending bill , released June 6, service Secretary Heather Wilson must tell the congressional defense committees the Air Force will award at least one contract to continue JSTARS recap before using...
