Air Force often undersold infrastructure needs to lay down new projects

By Vanessa Montalbano / February 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Faced with massive modernization demands and a hefty sustainment backlog, the Air Force has sought to balance its budget books by underreporting needed infrastructure upgrades when setting up new programs, a former service official told Inside Defense . In a scenario in which “you got to lay down five hangars . . . you’re not lying about the cost, but what you’re saying is: 'I can use existing hangars, right, I can use current runway,'” Ravi Chaudhary, the previous Air...

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