Wilson: USAF will halt programs to pay for Tyndall recovery

By Sara Sirota / March 27, 2019 at 6:10 PM
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said today the service has halted 61 building renovation and maintenance programs this year to pay for storm damage repairs at Tyndall Air Force Base. Wilson's comments came one day after a supplemental spending bill was introduced in Congress that will provide $400 million toward those repairs. "We desperately need the supplemental funding to recover from the natural disasters that hammered Tyndall and Offutt [Air Force Base, NE]," Wilson said at the Heritage Foundation. "There...

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