An entry in the Dec. 17 Daily Report incorrectly cited additional procurement amounts funded by the overseas contingency operations account rather than total aircraft, missile, and ammunition procurement numbers. For the Air Force, the omnibus spending bill provides $15.7 billion in aircraft procurement, $2.9 billion in missile procurement, and $1.7 billion for ammunition procurement in the base budget. It provides an additional? $128.9 million for aircraft procurement, $289.1 million in missile procurement, and $228.8 million in ammunition procurement from the OCO. The original entry has been corrected online.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.