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USAF Will Likely Fare Well in Budget Reconciliation, Service Official Says

USAF Will Likely Fare Well in Budget Reconciliation, Service Official Says
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Logan Phouangaphayvong, F-22 Raptor demonstration team avionics specialist, motions Capt. Nick “Laz” Le Tourneau, F-22 Raptor demonstration team commander and pilot, into his parking spot following the team’s certification flight at Langley AFB, Va. on Jan. 24 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

AURORA, Colo.--The U.S. Air Force will likely fare "extremely well" in a GOP budget reconciliation bill, a service official suggested on Tuesday at the Air and Space Forces Association's Warfare Symposium here. Last week, the House narrowly passed a budget resolution that sets a blueprint for passing Trump administration priorities via the reconciliation process, to include spending an additional $100 billion on defense over four years, while Senate Republicans said that they want $150 billion more over those four years…

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