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Air Force

DoD Reprogramming Request Would Buy 8 F-35s and 21 Apaches, Support O&M Needs in OCO

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, September 10th, 2014

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DoD Reprogramming Request Would Buy 8 F-35s and 21 Apaches, Support O&M Needs in OCO

The Marine Corps' short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B performs a vertical landing. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

The Defense Department requested to reprogram nearly $2 billion in fiscal year 2014 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds, chief among them purchasing additional aircraft and supporting higher operational tempos for Navy air and surface fleets supporting operations in Iraq. The Navy would receive more than half of the moved-around funding, if the four congressional defense committees sign off on the request. The Pentagon requested $1.03 billion for the Navy, $880 million of which would buy six F-35B Joint Strike Fighters…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

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