House defense authorizers are asking the Air Force to detail its plan to retire the legacy E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System fleet and move to a recapitalized platform in a briefing due this fall. In the House Armed Services Committee's report accompanying the fiscal year 2018 defense policy bill dated July 6, lawmakers said they are confident the Air Force secretary can draw up a plan to transition between aircraft without prematurely retiring the legacy JSTARS aircraft, reassigning...
