Top lawmakers are angrily accusing the Air Force of slow-walking a congressional mandate to stop using Russian rocket engines for spy satellite launches up through 2019, a move driven by Capitol Hill outrage over the Kremlin's actions in Ukraine.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Washington Times: Air Force suspected of intentionally delaying rocket to thwart lawmakers
US F15C Eagle jet fighters prepares are pictured on the tarmac at air force base during the Lithuanian - NATO air force exercise at the air force base near Siauliai Zuokniai, Lithunaia, on April 1, 2014.