WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Ted Budd issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led several of their colleagues in introducing a robust bipartisan legislative package of three bills focused on elevating and preserving the dominance of American military airpower in modern warfare.
The Airpower Acceleration Act would ensure strategic and generational investment in American air superiority by expanding fighter aircraft production, providing financial stability to the Defense Industrial Base, saving taxpayer dollars, and recapitalizing aged aircraft with modern fighters to ensure our combat aviators prevail in conflict. Read the full bill te...