The U.S. Air Force wants to send more than 200 aircraft to the boneyard. Will lawmakers push back? (Senior Airman Kristine Legate/U.S. Air Force)
Defense News: US Air Force to mothball dozens of A-10s, F-15s and F-16s in FY22 budget
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force wants to send more than 200 aircraft to the boneyard with its fiscal 2022 budget request, freeing up $1.3 billion in savings that it can reinvest in cutting-edge technologies like its sixth-generation fighter and hypersonic weapons.
The Department of the Air Force, which released its budget request on May 28, requested a total of $173.7 billion — $156.3 billion for the Air Force and $17.4 billion for the Space Force.
Although research, development, test and evaluation costs for the Air Force increased from $26.6 billion to $28.8 billion, procurement fell from $26.1 billion to $22.9 billion.
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U.S. Department Of Defense Proposed FY22 Budget Request For The U.S. Air Force
Air Force Will See Substantial Cuts to Aircraft Fleets in Biden's First Budget -- Military.com
Most Air Force manning remains flat while Space Force spikes in $174 billion budget request -- Air Force Times
US Air Force Details Proposed Cuts to Planes, Flying Hours -- Defense One
Air Force Asks to Retire 201 Aircraft in 2022 and Will Buy 91 New Ones -- Air Force Magazine
Air Force Hopes To Retire 201 Planes; Space Force Ask Up $2.2B -- Breaking Defense
Air Force Pushes to Counter China in 2022 Budget -- Air Force Magazine
Air Force seeks to cut dozens of aircraft, invest in the future in $156.3 billion spending plan -- Air Force Times
Why the Air Force wants to cut dozens of A-10s, everyone’s favorite close air support aircraft -- Task & Purpose
Well, if war is coming tomorrow morning, how the new "things" will help us?
ReplyDeleteI have nothing against new program, of course, but we have to deal with what we have.
Another attempt to get rid of the A-10..lol..the military and their obsession with shiny new toys
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