The House Appropriations Committee on Defense released the report to accompany their draft FY13 funding bill today.
The bill is very positive for the National Guard.
For the Air National Guard, the bill would prohibit the retirement or transfer of all aircraft including C-27J aircraft. The bill would fully fund the Air National Guard Personnel and Operations and Maintenance accounts to... Read Full Story
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KC-46A Basing Announcement Includes One ANG Wing
The NGAUS Air Team spent the morning reviewing the official basing criteria announcement for the KC-46A. According to the Air Force’s press release they will begin fielding the aircraft in 2016 starting with the Formal Training Unit (FTU) and one main operating base that will be an active duty unit. The Air National Guard (ANG) is... Read Full Story
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and a happy Mother's Day! Another busy week here at NGAUS as the House takes up the defense authorization bill as soon as Wednesday and will need a couple days to finish it. The full House Appropriations Committee is slated to mark up the Military Construction measure on Wednesday. Military Construction appropriations will see subcommittee and full-... Read Full Story
We bring this second week of May (already?) to a close with a weekly wrap up, our new Friday feature summarizing everything that's happened this week and a preview of what to expect next week.
What we've been up to....
-On Monday, NGAUS started a blog. Obviously. (Thanks for reading!)
-On Tuesday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense (HAC-D) passed the Defense... Read Full Story
After a grueling battle of amendments, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) passed their version of the FY13 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) out of committee this morning at 2 a.m. The bill includes several NGAUS priorities, including halting cuts to the Air National Guard. The bill will now go to the full House for consideration.
Representatives Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and Dave... Read Full Story