The U.S. Air Force is appealing a federal court ruling preventing exercises that had military jets coordinating with plain-clothed soldiers on the ground in cities in Idaho as part of an urban warfare training program.
The Army should move faster to get vehicles that can operate in harsh Arctic conditions, Senate appropriators said in the Defense Subcommittee's version of the FY21 defense spending bill.
The judge ruled the Air Force must conduct a more thorough environmental impact statement, which fully accounts for the noise of the overhead fighter jets. That EIS must then be approved before the training exercises can resume in nine urban centers.