DOGE helped Air Force garner more than $10B in savings

By Vanessa Montalbano / July 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Air Force and the cost-cutting "Department of Government Efficiency" set aside $10.4 billion from projects deemed wasteful to instead focus on Trump administration priorities. “The Department of the Air Force, in partnership with DOGE, has conducted efficiency reviews to accelerate the department’s pivot to a wartime posture and increase readiness,” service spokesperson Ann Stefanek told Inside Defense . “From these reviews, the DAF took specific actions to achieve cost savings or avoidance on contracts including descoping, reducing the contract...

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