The U.S. Air Force’s efforts to improve its readiness and modernize its capabilities will be derailed if Congress does not repeal across-the-board budget cuts that are set to return in fiscal year 2018, service Secretary Heather Wilson said June 5.Funds provided for fiscal year 2017 stopped the Air Force’s readiness decline, and the service’s FY 2018 budget request would begin to restore readiness and increase the lethality of the force, Wilson said at an Air Force Association event on Capitol Hill.…
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