USAF budget

Pentagon Wants to Classify Its Future Plans

March 30, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
New documents released March 30 show the Defense Department asking Congress for authority to stop producing an unclassified version of its Future Years Defense Program—its five-year plan for future spending that is released alongside its budget. Required since 1989, the FYDP shows the Pentagon’s near-future ...

USAF Touts Promising Research Despite Flat S&T Budget

March 11, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper said March 11 the Air Force is still working on promising research despite a largely stagnant science and technology budget request for fiscal 2021 that is worrying some lawmakers. As the U.S. looks to develop advanced military systems like ...

TRANSCOM: Tanker Shortage Creating Stress on Aircrews

Feb. 25, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
The pressure on the aerial refueling community affects more than the iron on Air Force ramps. Total Force aircrews are part of the most stressed force element in U.S. Transportation Command, Army Gen. Stephen Lyons told the Senate Armed Services Community on Feb. 25. Lyons ...

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 ...

USAF Budget Request Flat in 2021

Feb. 10, 2020 | By John A. Tirpak
The Air Force's total budget remains flat in fiscal 2021, with increased funding for space, research and development, and joint service connectivity, but declines in procurement and military construction. The budget funds an additional 1,500 Airmen, and includes a 3-percent pay raise for uniformed personnel ...