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Junior enlisted to get 20% pay bump, E5s get 13% more under House plan
House lawmakers are looking to overhaul the military's pay tables next year to dramatically boost junior enlisted pay.
Air Force tanker fleet cut on the table in proposed authorization bill
The section of the proposed NDAA that will be marked up Wednesday would also allow the Air Force to retire older C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.
US Army terminates science and technology effort for strategic long-range cannon
The Army has zeroed out funding for the Strategic Long-Range Cannon science and technology effort to focus on other long-range precision fires priorities.
By Jen Judson
New Air Force One planes could be up to three years late
"We are way off the initial plan," subcommittee chairman Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., said in Thursday's hearing.
A-10 official issues warning over US Air Force’s ‘devastated’ Warthog fleet
The A-10 systems manager said the Air Force has “resourced the A-10 to divest yet flew it like an enduring fleet, rapidly accelerating [the] decline toward today’s hollowing fleet."
This week in Congress: Budget season in full bloom on Capitol Hill
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of April 25, 2021.
Lawmakers ask Austin to rush Abrams sale to Poland
Top Republicans on Monday made a push to accelerate Washington’s proposed sale of 250 M1A2 Abrams tanks to NATO-ally Poland, which has been pending since last summer, in light of the escalating crisis with Russia.
By Joe Gould
Congress turns down a Space National Guard again, but Space Force isn’t giving up
"Simply put, we don’t know enough," Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) said.
House passes defense bill 363-70; Senate up next
The House passed a new compromise defense policy bill and sent it to the Senate Tuesday, endorsing a $25 billion increase over President Joe Biden’s defense budget request for 2022
By Joe Gould