In a May 2, 2014, letter to the leaders of the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) calls for a variety of programs to be funded in the fiscal year 2015 military spending bill, including the Combat Rescue Helicopter, National Guard, military space, readiness training, missile defense, Gray Eagle unmanned system, and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, among others.