WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) in introducing the Retention Enhancements for Tactical Aircrew Initiative (RETAIN) Act and Fighter Aircrew Career Flexibility Act, bipartisan legislation that would help preserve American airpower dominance by retaining Air Force aviators and Weapons Systems Officers (WSOs).
"There is no air force in the world that can do what the United States Air Force does. But in order to maintain this superiority, we need to make sure we are retaining our best aviators. Over the past decade, we've seen more and more mid-career pilots leave f...