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Air Force

Air Force’s FY ’14 Base Budget Request Up 3 Percent On FY ’13

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

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The Air Force is the only military branch requesting additional funds for fiscal year 2014 compared to what was requested in FY ’13, according to President Barack Obama’s budget request, which was released yesterday The Air Force’s FY ’14 base budget request is approximately $1.2 billion more than requested for FY ’13, good for a 3 percent boost. The Air Force also requested $18.8 billion for FY ’14 procurement, a 2.6 percent increase from last fiscal year’s request. F-35A procurement…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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Congress

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Congress

Bipartisan Group Of House Members Introduce U.S.-Ukrainian Co-Production Bill For Unmanned Systems

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