The Air Force's proposed fiscal year 2017 munitions budget seeks to replenish its depleted supply of munitions from operations in Iraq and Syria and prepare the service for a potential air-to-air conflict. During a Feb. 12 roundtable with reporters, Lt. Gen. Mike Holmes, deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and requirements, acknowledged the U.S. and its foreign partners have blown through munitions at a prodigious rate in Iraq and Syria. In its FY-16 budget request, the Air Force spent...
