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Kendall: ‘Resources Are My Biggest Concern’ for Fiscal 2026

Frank Wolfe

Friday, June 21st, 2024

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Kendall: ‘Resources Are My Biggest Concern’ for Fiscal 2026

Airman 1st Class Christopher Mascuro and Airman 1st Class Jacob Kenotich--mechanics with the 71st Rescue Generation Squadron--work on an HC-130J Combat King II engine at Moody AFB, Ga. on May 20 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Department of the Air Force is finalizing its fiscal 2026 Program Objective Memorandum (POM) in which the department "had to make some very tough decisions," Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on June 20. In the coming months, DoD is to review the military services' POMs and revise them before the release of federal agencies' budget requests next year. "We have a big problem with resources, and if we are forced to live with the level that it looks…

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