Rep. Mike Garcia (R-Calif.) highlighted the issue during a March 23 House Appropriations Defense subcommittee hearing.

Slovakia has become the first country to declare it has delivered operational crewed combat aircraft to Ukraine.

Finland has begun allowing allies to conduct surveillance flights along the country’s 1,300-km border with Russia.

NATO’s multinational aerial refueling unit is to receive a 10th aircraft, partner nations have agreed.

North Macedonia has confirmed it has joined Poland and Slovakia in supplying Soviet-era combat aircraft to Ukraine.

The reported freeze in Pentagon funding to 2022 appropriated levels was reported in January.

The U.S. Air Force plans to increase spending on its future Survivable Airborne Operations Center to replace the aging E-4B Nightwatch.

Portugal is to acquire close air support aircraft as part of an uptick in the country’s defense spending.