Buried within the 2007 defense spending bill is a notation that prohibits the Air Force from using any 2007 funds to transfer “any test and evaluation facility or test and evaluation activity” from Eglin AFB, Fla., currently located or conducted at Eglin. The Air Force this summer began drafting a plan to move some Eglin test assets to Edwards AFB, Calif., in what they say would consolidate like activities and save almost half a billion dollars. Despite assurances that Eglin actually is expected to grow in numbers of personnel, civilian employees complained to Florida lawmakers as rumors circulated.
House, Senate Unveil Competing Proposals for 2026 Budget
July 11, 2025
Lawmakers from the House and Senate laid out competing versions of the annual defense policy bill on July 11, with vastly different potential outcomes for some of the Air Force’s most embattled programs.