11 May 2014

USAF faces more tough choices in 2016 | RallyPoint.com

Military News - USAF faces more tough choices in 2016

Image Copyright: Airman 1st Class Meghan Geis / US Air Force

By Aaron Mehta, Staff writer
Copyright: www.militarytimes.com

WASHINGTON — When the Air Force unveiled its budget in early March, it presented an unusual two-tier projection. The first was the normal five-year defense program. The second was a list of items that would be endangered if sequestration funding levels were not raised for 2016.

The hope for the service was that members of Congress would see future cuts coming and act to raise funding levels to prevent them. But two months later, Air Force officials seem to be coming to grips that a congressional rescue isn’t coming.

At an April 30 event, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said, “I am not seeing any indication” that Congress plans to change the 2016 budget plan.

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