Before the Space Force was founded in December 2019, Airmen ruled the heavens, at least as far as most military space activities were concerned. For decades tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands of Airmen controlled and acquired satellites, managed communications and intelligence, and performed other space missions. Air Force Space Command claimed more than 26,000… Read more »

To protect student loan borrowers and America’s taxpayers, U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) is cosponsoring a Republican-led bill that would streamline and improve the federal student loan repayment system. “This fiscally responsible alternative to President Biden’s plan will be a critical step towards fixing our student loan system and will provide a path for 40 million borrowers to pay back… Read more »

Rep. Don Bacon’s grand opening of a Saunders County Congressional office Friday in Wahoo included local elected officials and residents from Wahoo, Ashland and surrounding communities.   Saunders County Supervisor John Zaugg and Wahoo Mayor Jerry Johnson both spoke during the ribbon cutting, stressing their appreciation for a local office, which is located at 543 Linden… Read more »

BELLEVUE, Neb. (WOWT) - Officials at Offutt Air Force Base announced Wednesday that a new organization that will oversee key grids needed to maintain national security.  U.S. Strategic Command, known as STRATCOM, is the Defense Department’s leading command responsible for operating missile defense and maintaining a global information grid. There, the Electromagnetic Spectrum… Read more »

The U.S. military is failing to speedily develop and deploy electronic warfare equipment amid a global competition for electromagnetic spectrum supremacy, according to a congressman who served in the Air Force for more than two decades. After years of putting electronic warfare on “autopilot,” troops’ ability to now jam and spoof and spy from afar has “withered,” said Rep. Don… Read more »

Nebraska is getting more than $400 million in federal infrastructure funds to expand broadband access in the state. The money is part of $42 billion for broadband contained in the infrastructure bill Congress passed in 2021. Nebraska’s all-Republican congressional delegation was split over the bill, with Sen. Deb Fischer and Rep. Don Bacon voting for it, saying it was essential for… Read more »

Iran on Monday requested the Iraqi federal government in Baghdad as well as the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil to explain efforts by the US Congress to provide air defence systems to the Iraqi Kurdistan region. The House Armed Services Committee last week passed an amendment by Republican Congressman Don Bacon supporting the transfer of air defence… Read more »

House lawmakers approved three amendments aimed at curtailing Air Force plans to retire aging fighter jets as both the Senate and House began marking up their respective drafts of the 2024 defense authorization bill.  Read more here. Read more »

Three members of the House Armed Services Committee unveiled a bipartisan measure late last week aimed at strengthening cybersecurity practices for the United States’ nuclear weapons system, and aim to advance that measure in legislation this week. Read more here. Read more »

It will be critical for the upcoming farm bill to include significant federal funding for agricultural research, Nebraska’s five-member congressional delegation said during a visit to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s East Campus on June 19. U.S. Rep. Mike Flood, who hosted the visit to campus, said his “No. 1 priority” in representing Nebraska’s 1st District was securing… Read more »