Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), who recently joined the Senate Armed Services Committee, is urging Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to continue funding the Air Force's MQ-9 Reaper production line as he develops the Pentagon's fiscal year 2022 budget proposal. “Fully funding the MQ-9 in Fiscal Year 2022 is critical to responding to growing threats, ensuring the safety of U.S. forces during hazardous combat operations, and maintaining the MQ-9 mission at Creech Air Force Base (AFB) in Nevada,” Rosen wrote in a...
