The Air Force is seeking permission from Congress to shift $167 million between accounts to launch a pair of new-start programs in response to urgent operational needs for the B-52 bomber and for Global Hawk unmanned aircraft equipped with the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, the airborne communications relay suite. Pentagon comptroller David Norquist sent lawmakers a previously unreported reprogramming request on May 17 seeking to realign funds appropriated in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 across dozens of programs to finance...
