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USAF Fiscal 2024 Budget Request May Touch on Rejuvenation of EW, Building Munitions Capacity, Next Gen Mobility/Tanking Aircraft

USAF Fiscal 2024 Budget Request May Touch on Rejuvenation of EW, Building Munitions Capacity, Next Gen Mobility/Tanking Aircraft
Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Frank Kendall, speaks at the 2022 AFA Warfare Symposium on March 3rd last year. Kendall outlined seven operational imperatives for the Department of the Air Force during the symposium. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Rejuvenating U.S. Air Force electronic warfare (EW), building industrial capacity for munitions development and production in light of the Ukraine conflict and future deterrence of China, and development of next generation mobility/tanking aircraft may be areas touched on in the service's upcoming fiscal 2024 budget request. "One of the outgrowths of the past year of work has been the decision to do some analysis on three what I'm calling cross-cutting enabling capabilities--electronic warfare, munitions, and mobility," Air Force Secretary Frank…

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