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U.S. Air Force Proposes Divestments of 201 Aircraft, Big Increases for GBSD, NGAD

Frank Wolfe

Friday, May 28th, 2021

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U.S. Air Force Proposes Divestments of 201 Aircraft, Big Increases for GBSD, NGAD

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. speaks with Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Sernibat, chief of the air staff for the Bangladesh Air Force, during a meeting at the Pentagon on May 19 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force fiscal 2022 budget request proposes the retirement of 201 aircraft to help pay for $28.8 billion in requested research and development (R&D) funding--a $2.2 billion increase over the fiscal 2021 enacted level. While the Air Force procurement budget has been billions of dollars more than the service R&D budgets in the past, fiscal 2022 marks the third consecutive year that the Air Force has asked for more in base R&D dollars than base procurement dollars. In…

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