After gutting its personnel coffers over the past years, the Air Force has slashed its military construction lines in its fiscal year 2009 budget proposal in an attempt to recapitalize its aging aircraft fleet, according to senior service officials. In its $117 billion budget proposal sent to lawmakers on Capitol Hill today, $37.6 billion is set aside for personnel, $33.2 billion for readiness, $5.2 billion for infrastructure and $41 billion for modernization and recapitalization. In addition, $26.9 billion is set...
