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Tom Cole: “Always concerned about down Fort Sill, the, what's called…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Published February 21, 2026 | Video Starts at 02:34

It's the follow on aircraft for AWACS. We've got that fully funded in there. There had been some dispute in Washington about that. Always concerned about down Fort Sill, the, what's called the Paladin artillery piece. That's very well funded. A lot of jobs tied up with that in Elgin, Oklahoma, where they do the last modernization for that. So tribal programs do exceptionally well. (02:34–02:43)

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