Boeing B-1B Lancers shown at the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Training Center Jan. 17, 2019, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force/Greg L. Davis)
Defense News: Air Force makes reductions to B-1s, A-10s, Global Hawk drones and more in FY21 budget request
WASHINGTON — For the past several months, Air Force leaders have hyped the fiscal year 2021 budget as a pivotal one, where the service would be forced to make near-term and possibly contentious sacrifices to its existing posture in order to ramp up investments in technologies needed to counter Russia and China.
But the budget request the Air Force released on Feb. 10 seems a compromise between the service’s more radical force planning organizations in the Pentagon and the combatant commanders around the world, who fought back against making major cuts that could greatly impact readiness.
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More News On The U.S. Air Force's New Budget Signalling Major Cuts To B-1s, A-10s, And Global Hawk Drones
Here Are The Pentagon's "Tough Choice" Cuts To Airpower As Part Of Its 2021 Budget -- Warzone/The Drive
Air Force to Send More than 100 Planes to Boneyard as it Invests in Future Fighters -- Military.com
Bye-Bye to BRRRRT: Air Force Wants to Retire 44 A-10 Warthogs -- Military.com
Budget Cuts 28 Legacy Tankers Despite KC-46 Delays -- Air Force Magazine
Rip B-1 Bomber: The Air Force Wants a Shiny New B-21 Instead -- National Interest
The U.S. Air Force’s Latest Budget Is Shrouded In Secrecy -- Forbes
Department of Air Force releases $169bn budget proposal for 2021 -- Air Force Technology
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