Air Force Secretary James G. Roche announces his resignation. He has served in the top USAF civilian post since June 1, 2001 and will officially leave on Jan. 20, 2005.
Aircraft readiness will suffer if Congress does not approve some $1.5 billion worth of spare parts the Air Force requested in its annual Unfunded Priorities List, sent to Capitol Hill last week, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said.