The tiltrotor aircraft caught fire Sunday while taking off from an airport in Mesa, Arizona, during a joint exercise.
By Patricia Kime
The House Appropriations Committee approved their spending bill that saw cuts to select Air Force programs and budget requests, while boosting others.
The White House budget office wants to raid a Navy radar-plane account and a classified Air Force line to pull the E-7 Wedgetail back from the dead.
The exercise comes as the 101st Airborne Division prepares to soon train on its own tiltrotor aircraft, the Bell MV-75.
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