Cochran: No transfer of Air Force missions without congressional OK

MERIDIAN and BILOXI — The Air Force has assured U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), vice chairman of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, that it will not act to retire hundreds of aircraft or transfer support missions, including Air Force assets at Keesler Air Force Base and Key Field Air National Guard Base, without congressional approval. [...] [...]