Is no news, good? Maybe. Perhaps, though, we should wait until the other pea under the shell stops moving. The Senate, according to Levin, is in a wait-and-see mode, biding its time until the Pentagon finally releases the Air Force analysis of alternatives and makes its decision on how to go about replacing USAF’s elderly aerial refueling fleet.
The Air Force budget would grow to $234 billion while Space Force spending would shrink to $26 billion under the White House's yearly ask.