The Air Force has released its full breakdown of unfunded priorities for 2016, with aircraft repairs and modernization making up most of the bill, including even funds for some aircraft the service is attempting to retire.
The services on March 27 provided a cost breakdown of programs that didn’t make their budget requests, which lawmakers can attempt to include in the defense authorization bill. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, in a letter to lawmakers, said the budget request includes programs deemed more important than those in the unfunded list.
Carter said he “does not endorse any of these additional priorities unless enacted funding exceeds the amount requested in the president’s budget for 2016.”
The Army, Navy and Marine Corps, with the March 27 letter, included a full breakdown of costs for individual programs. The Air Force, however, then provided only overall costs for unfunded priorities broken down by type — readiness, modernization, force structure and installation support. This week, the service released its full breakdown following a request from Air Force Times. Read more
Source: Air Force Times
