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Goldfein: ‘Night Court’ Savings Rolled Back to Save COCOMs from Near-Term Risk

Goldfein: ‘Night Court’ Savings Rolled Back to Save COCOMs from Near-Term Risk
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein speaks to Airmen during an all call at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 14, 2019. During the all call, Goldfein covered topics such as multi-domain operations, joint leaders and teams and the importance of squadrons in the Air Force. This was Goldfein’s first stop as he visits various units in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Air Force last year identified $30 billion it had found over the five-year Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP) that could be freed up from current programs to fund the service’s biggest technology needs. But when the fiscal year 2021 presidential budget request was released earlier this month, only $21 billion was identified. That extra $9 billion was rolled back into the current programs to avoid “near-term risk” for combatant commanders, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.…

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