It was April 19 when the Air Force actually went over the one million mark for sorties supporting the global war on terror, service officials told the Daily Report Tuesday. We reported earlier that the service anticipated hitting that astonishing figure on April 21. Officials would not speculate which particular sortie or which aircraft and crew on April 19 actually broke the one million sortie mark.
Leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees are tentatively scheduling a “Big Four” meeting for Oct. 26 to begin hashing out an agreement on the 2021 defense policy bill, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) told reporters. The Big Four refers to the top Democrats…