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Air Force

Air Force General Concerned About Possible Return Of Budget Caps In FY 2020

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, May 1st, 2018

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Air Force General Concerned About Possible Return Of Budget Caps In FY 2020

Lt. Gen. Jack Weinstein, Air Force deputy chief of staff for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration (Air Force photo)

Recent increases in U.S. defense spending have bolstered the Air Force’s nuclear modernization efforts, but the possible return of across-the-board budget cuts in FY 2020 looms as a potential threat to those programs, a service official said May 1.The two-year budget agreement that President Trump signed into law in February provides $700 billion for defense in FY 2018 and $716 billion in FY 2019. Those figures represent increases of $80 billion in FY 2018 and $85 billion in FY 2019 above…

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