The Air Force has been provided with $60 million in fiscal year 2012 funding from JIEDDO and the DOD ISR Task Force to fund completion of the airship and initial deployment costs.
Roger Wicker: “The Air Force has been provided with $60 million in fiscal year 2012 funding from JIEDDO and the DOD ISR Task Force to…”
On the recordFebruary 13, 2012
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Senator Wicker questions the Air Force's use of allocated funds for the airship.
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