Air Force eyeing FY-21 cuts in 'ballpark' of $25 billion to finance new capabilities

By Jason Sherman / September 17, 2019 at 5:18 PM
The Air Force's fiscal year 2021 budget proposal is poised to mark one of the largest shifts of resources between accounts in a generation -- cancelling, reducing or consolidating about $25 billion worth of current projects as part of a continuing effort to better realign the service's weapon system modernization portfolio with the 2018 National Defense Strategy. Acting Air Force Secretary Matthew Donovan and Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfieln today told reporters the service has proposed changes in the...

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