Two senators are urging the Air Force to rethink a proposal to move a number of C-130H aircraft from the Air National Guard to active duty in fiscal year 2011, calling the decision "troubling." In a letter sent to Air Force Secretary Michael Donley today, Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Christopher Bond (R-MO), co-chairmen of the Senate National Guard Caucus, voice opposition to the plan included in the Air Force's FY-11 budget request. "We are concerned and oppose the force...
