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Air Force Requests $548 Million For Unfunded FY ’11 Needs

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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

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By Marina Malenic The Air Force on Friday sent lawmakers a list of five mission critical items for which funding has not been requested in President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2011 Defense Department budget--chief among them, programs for maintenance and sustainment of the aging Air Force fleet. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz's Feb. 19 letter to the heads of the four congressional defense subcommittees outlines the service needs that "have emerged since the FY '11 President's Budget…

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