by Marina Malenic The FY '12 budget request for the Air Force is just over $166 billion and includes $197 million to start a new bomber aircraft development program. The total Air Force budget request is down by nearly $5 billion this year. The largest portion of the decrease from FY '11 to FY '12 is a $4.4 billion reduction in expenditures to support operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday that development of a new…
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