Congress has blocked USAF’s plan to form F-35A aggressor unit

The U.S. Congress has added language in the next defense budget to stop the U.S. Air Force from transferring nine non-combat capable F-35As from Eglin Air Force Base to Nellis to standup the 65th Aggressor Squadron.

F-35 Lighting II fighter jets, assigned to the 6th Weapons Squadron, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., fly over the Nevada Test and Training Range July 10, 2017. The United States Air Force Weapons School teaches graduate-level instructor courses that provide the world’s most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers of the combat air forces and mobility air forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Daryn Murphy/Released)

Before the service can proceed, the chief of staff must report to Congress on its plan to modernize existing USAF aggressor squadrons, to include “upgrading aircraft radar, infrared search-and-track systems, radar warning receiver, tactical datalink, threat representation jamming pods, and other upgrades necessary to provide a realistic advanced adversary threat.”

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