SN Military.Space | DoD elated by budget hike, but good times may not last • USAF ready to ‘go fast’ in space • Three-star space commander swearing in

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After President Trump signed the massive $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill March 23, Pentagon officials have gone out of their way to thank Congress.

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U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson and Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein, shown during a January visit to an air base in South Korea, are pushing for replacing the service’s fleet of aging JSTARS aircraft with an advanced battle management system that includes satellites. Members of Congress representing JSTARS bases and contractors are pushing back. Credit: U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Franklin R. Ramos

Air Force: It’s time to pull the plug on JSTARS; Congress: Not so fast

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The argument the Air Force makes in its 2019 budget request for not buying new aircraft to replace the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, or JSTARS, is rather straightforward. It can’t survive modern air defenses.

From the Magazine JSTARS