SECAF: FY-15 Budget Request To Increase Reliance On Guard, Reserve

By Gabe Starosta / January 9, 2014 at 7:08 PM
In her first public comments since being confirmed by the Senate in December, new Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James revealed today that the service's fiscal year 2015 budget request will increase the role of its reserve components. That is in stark contrast to the FY-13 budget proposal that had focused cuts on the Air National Guard, sparking dramatic backlash from Congress, state governors and the Guard and Air Force Reserve themselves. James, who took over as the service's senior...

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