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CSAF, SECAF: Erroneous LRS-B Cost Estimates Sent to Congress Won’t Affect Program Plans

Tuesday, August 25th, 2015

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CSAF, SECAF: Erroneous LRS-B Cost Estimates Sent to Congress Won’t Affect Program Plans

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh. Photo: U.S. Air Force.

The top officer and top civilian of the Air Force on Monday said neither a continuing resolution nor the service’s in accurate estimate of the Long-Range Strike Bomber’s (LRS-B) research, procurement and support costs in its two most recent annual reports to Congress would affect internal Pentagon planning for the new aircraft.“The mistake was a regrettable error, but it’s been corrected, and so it’s not going to affect us internally,” Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said Monday during a…

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