In its proposed fiscal year 2017 budget request, the Air Force focused base budget funds on improving its ailing remotely piloted aircraft force, while relegating overseas contingency operations funds for the vehicles that could satisfy the service's insatiable ISR need. Following the launch of its remotely piloted aircraft culture and process improvement plan last year, the Air Force boosted its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance enterprise with major investments in RPA training. The proposed fiscal year 2017 operations and maintenance budget...
