Air Force seeks $144M to replenish precision munitions spent in Iraq, Syria

By Jason Sherman / July 7, 2016 at 12:21 PM
The Air Force, expending more precision munitions in the fight against the Islamic State than anticipated, is seeking congressional permission to shift funds between accounts to place $144 million in new orders to replenish supplies of Boeing- and BAE Systems-built weapons, including "nearly depleted" stocks of the Small Diameter Bomb I. On June 30, Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord sent Congress a $2.6 billion omnibus reprogramming request that would increase fiscal year 2016 orders of the Small Diameter Bomb I, Joint...

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