VIDEO: Capito Commends Air Force and Space Force Leaders on Successful Iran Strikes

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WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, questioned Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Troy Meink, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, General David Allvin, and Chief of Space Operations, General B. Chance Saltzman during a hearing to review the president’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2026 for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force.
HIGHLIGHTS:
ON AIR NATIONAL GUARD UNITS IN WEST VIRGINIA:
SENATOR CAPITO:“We do have some great units [in West Virginia], Airlift Wings, the 130th and the 167th that have been called on numerous times throughout my years of service [in Congress]. I’m very grateful to them and for the role that they play.”
ON THE SUCCESSFUL STRIKES IN IRAN:
SENATOR CAPITO:“General Caine just gave a press conference right before we came and really methodicallyworked through the preparation and the talent that we needed to do that. I want to give you a chance to give your version…on where you see that and what kind of training was necessary.”
GENERAL ALLVIN:“Every one of those people, every one of those airmen that was a part of that mission, they may not have fully understood the geostrategic impact it had, but they knew that was their job to do and they knew that the mission depended on them…So what this was was a fantastic success…Military primacy does not happen overnight. This is one of those where we’re so proud of all the work we put in ahead of time. And this manifestation is another demonstration that the Air Force makes the ridiculously complex look routine, but that doesn’t come without effort. Thank you for letting me expound on that.”
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