Inside the Air Force highlights

Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Air Force:

1. Members of the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee will push the Air Force to continue the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization program by restricting funds for a next-generation battle management network and blocking the service from retiring the legacy aircraft until it awards an engineering and manufacturing development contract.

Full Story: Lawmakers tell Air Force to stick to original JSTARS recap plan

2.The House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee is recommending the creation of a new numbered Air Force that would be responsible for the service's warfighting operations and could lay the groundwork for a future Space Corps.

Full Story: House strategic forces mark would create new numbered Air Force for space

3. For the first time, the Pentagon's top strategy documents include language about space as a warfighting domain -- a change that Defense Department officials say is driving changes to the way the military thinks about protecting its on-orbit assets.

Full Story: National Defense Strategy driving space resiliency requirements, planning