House Panel Wants To Block C-130, KC-135 Retirements

Brian Everstine June 12, 2023

A C-130 and KC-135 at the MacDill AFB, Florida, flightline.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
Lawmakers want to block U.S. Air Force efforts to retire Lockheed Martin C-130s and KC-135s from the Guard and Reserve, while pressing for a more “realistic” idea of future refueling plans. The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) seapower and projection forces subcommittee, in a markup for the...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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