Air Force's $7.2B unfunded priorities list includes F-35, C-130J buy-back

By Courtney Albon / March 3, 2016 at 1:50 PM
The Air Force's $7.2 billion unfunded priorities list includes a request to buy back five F-35As, eight C-130Js and a slate of legacy aircraft modernization efforts that were sidelined in its fiscal year 2017 budget request. The list, which Inside Defense obtained March 3 , details funding shortfalls in top priority missions; it's unclear whether the service has submitted the report to Congress. The service asks for $691 million to buy five F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft that were...

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