Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Ryan said today the service hopes to reprogram money within its fiscal year 2000 budget to modify B-2 and B-1 bombers to carry up to 82 500-pound bombs. Ryan told the House Appropriations defense subcommittee the service has been studying the idea. The Air Force included the fixed targets miniature munitions capability program on its list of unfunded requirements sent to Capitol Hill in early February. The Air Force told Congress the program...
