Congress wants to ensure that should the Air Force decide it does need to purchase dedicated aeromedical evacuation aircraft, service leaders will give due consideration to placing those aircraft “at locations that have previous experience” with the AE job.
A combined Navy and Air Force program is seeking to build a smaller version of a ubiquitous air-to-air missile that could give advanced aircraft, such as the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, greater magazine depth in a high-end fight.