McKeon: Air Force Must Not Repeat Same Mistakes From KC-X On New LRS Effort

By Carlo Muñoz / December 15, 2010 at 9:42 PM
With the Air Force poised to make significant investments in its long-range strike program this fiscal year, lawmakers want assurances that the service will be able to keep the effort on time and on budget, a top House lawmaker said today. Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), the incoming chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said the service and the Defense Department must assure Congress that the LRS acquisition would not suffer the same pitfalls that have delayed the Air...

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