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DOD Wants to Divert $3.8B from Weapons to Wall

Feb. 13, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
The Pentagon is asking Congress to move $3.8 billion, including nearly $1.5 billion in Air Force funding, from weapons programs to the border wall project. The Feb. 13 reprogramming request would shift $2.2 billion from already appropriated base budget funds for fiscal 2020 plus another ...

Budget Cuts Legacy Tankers Despite KC-46 Delays

Feb. 10, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
The Air Force wants to retire 28 KC-10s and KC-135s, even though the KC-46 tanker is years away from operational capability. This KC-46 fleet has been plagued by problems, especially with its Remote Vision System, which links the boom operator to the refueling system. Air ...

Legacy Fleets Take Hit to Pay for RDT&E Funding Boost

Feb. 10, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
The Defense Department's $740.5 billion budget request for fiscal 2021 increases spending on nuclear modernization, space, cyberspace, and multi-domain operations in preparation for great power competition, while proposing to cut dozens of legacy aircraft and reducing overseas contingency operations funding for the wars in the ...

Wing Problem Holds Up JSTARS in Robins Depot

Feb. 7, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The Air Force is working through kinks in its in-house maintenance initiative for the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System as it tries to save money and time on tuning up the fleet. About a year and a half after Robins Air Force Base, ...