Anyone thinking there are still billions of dollars worth of efficiencies that the Air Force can find in its budget is kidding himself, said Secretary Michael Donley Thursday. Donley said the Air Force has been on an efficiency campaign for 10 years, capped by $33 billion in overhead cuts demanded by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates last year. Although the Air Force won’t stop seeking energy savings and improved information technology, “there’s just not that much left to do,” by way of finding efficiency dollars, he said in a Capitol Hill speech. “We have leveraged ourselves already” and borrowed heavily against future needed programs, he said. “We’ve done what we can on efficiencies. We’ll try to do more, but you can’t expect tens of billions of dollars in savings from efficiencies going forward . . . from the United States Air Force.”
Dick Cheney’s Legacy with the Air Force
Nov. 6, 2025
Dick Cheney, who died Nov. 3 at 84, is best remembered by most Americans as among the most powerful Vice Presidents in history, a consummate Washington insider who had previously served in the Nixon administration, was Chief of Staff for President Gerald Ford, a Congressman for a decade, and Secretary…
