The Senate Armed Service Committee's version of the fiscal year 2015 defense authorization bill includes provisions that would prohibit the Air Force from retiring any legacy E-3 battle management aircraft or transferring MC-12 spy planes. The bill, which the committee approved Thursday, would also delay a C-130 rebasing effort. The proposed legislation includes a long list of consequential provisions relating to the Air Force that, if made law, would go against many of the service's wishes and delay for another...
