House appropriators offer Compass Call recap more money for fourth jet

By Rachel Cohen / June 14, 2018 at 11:59 AM
House appropriators are offering an additional $194 million in their version of the fiscal year 2019 defense spending bill to accelerate the Air Force's move to a new Compass Call platform. Lawmakers want the Air Force to use the plus-up to buy and modify two jets in FY-19 instead of one, to get a fourth aircraft into operations sooner. Currently, the service plans to move Compass Call's electronic-attack equipment from 12 Lockheed Martin EC-130Hs to 10 Gulfstream G550s, designated as...

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