Air
Force Special Operations Command expects to get its first operational CV-22 Osprey Nov. 16. The Air Force says that US Special Operations Command chief, Army Gen. Doug Brown, will fly the new tilt-rotor aircraft to its home at Hurlburt Field, Fla. AFSOC plans to procure 50 Osprey by 2017.
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.