On Tuesday, the full Senate passed its version of the 2010 defense spending bill by a vote of 93 to 7, appropriating $636.6 billion, which includes $128.2 billion for overseas contingency operations and is $3.9 billion less than the Obama Administration proposed. And, in what Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) called a “Groundhog Day” moment, Senators trounced—for the second time—Sen. John McCain’s attempt to eliminate funding for 10 additional C-17s. The vote on his kill-the-C-17 amendment last week was 64 to 34 against, and, this time, the vote on McCain’s new amendment was 68 to 30 against. Now the Senate must reconcile its appropriations with the House, which passed its version of the bill in July and included three additional C-17s. The Senate on Tuesday appointed its conferees (see list).
B-52s Land at RAF Fairford for Bomber Task Force Mission
Aug. 18, 2022
Multiple B-52 bombers from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., arrived at RAF Fairford, England, on Aug. 18 as part of a bomber task force mission in Europe, U.S. Air Forces in Europe announced. Flying into Fairford, the B-52s from the 5th Bomb Wing got a quick start on training with…