Lawmakers put Air Force on the hook for air base air defense plan

By Vanessa Montalbano / December 11, 2024 at 11:01 AM
House and Senate authorizers want the Air Force to create and put into action a plan to begin fielding air base air defense sites at service installations located in the homeland and across the globe, per the recently released fiscal year 2025 defense policy conference bill . In coordination with U.S. Northern, European and Indo-Pacific commands, a report about the plan would need to be sent to the defense congressional committees by March 1, 2025 -- but officials have until...

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