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House Appropriators Approve Big Cut To Air Force AEHF, Slash New Air Force One Funding

Pat Host

Friday, June 5th, 2015

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House Appropriators Approve Big Cut To Air Force AEHF, Slash New Air Force One Funding

Artist's illustration of an AEHF protected communications satellite. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) approved a $140 million cut to the Air Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) program when it passed its version of the fiscal year 2016 defense spending bill on June 2.HAC recommended providing $88 million while the Air Force requested $228 million. The committee said in the report accompanying the bill that it is concerned the Air Force is using space modernization initiative (SMI) funding to begin and sustain new development programs. HAC said it…

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