"It flies like a dream," ACC head Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach said of the new EA-37B Compass Call, a heavily adapted Gulfstream jet that will replace the EC-130.
The EC-130H Compass Call worked behind the scenes for two decades in Afghanistan, from supporting the arrival of special forces, to the bin Laden raid and the Kabul evacuation.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., worried the Air Force could find itself without enough aircraft to conduct battlefield management or rescue downed personnel.
The unfunded priorities list calls for more electronic warfare aircraft and F-35 fighters, as well as money to help bases recover from natural disasters.
The retired Army lieutenant colonel is accusing the former president's allies of participating in an “intentional, concerted campaign of unlawful intimidation and harassment” over his decision to testify during the impeachment case.