No 'dedicated funding': Air Force scraps spy planes used to fight border drug war

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  • Source: The Blaze
  • 12/28/2022

No current plan exists to replace the RC-26 aircraft despite the Air Force speeding up the program's dismantling, as reported by CNN.

Even though the spy planes are relied on heavily to monitor fentanyl smuggling across the U.S./Mexico border, National Guard pilots are being told to scrap the aircraft earlier than expected. Originally reported to face an April 2023 retirement for the planes, pilots received new orders in November 2022 to ditch them before the end of the year.

Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) who is also a pilot in the Air National Guard, told CNN that he has been fighting to have the program replaced or extended.

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