Conferees propose cut to Air Force OCO flying hour funding, cite 'disturbing' $1.3B shift

By Courtney Albon / December 17, 2019 at 3:13 PM
Congressional appropriators claim the Air Force is making a habit of transferring large sums of Overseas Contingency Operations flying hour funding to pay for other OCO needs, writing in a report accompanying their compromise fiscal year 2020 defense spending bill that the service has shifted nearly $1.3 billion in the last two years. "The review of the fiscal year 2020 budget request uncovered some disturbing data points that have called the budget formulation process for flying hours in the overseas...

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