Four big questions for the Air Force in 2019
By: Valerie Insinna   1 day ago
WASHINGTON — As the Air Force leaves 2018 behind and flies into into a new year, the service may face some big changes to its organization and aircraft inventory.
Expect to see a lot of these questions answered with the release of the fiscal year 2020 budget, which officials have said will be released in early February.
Neither outgoing Defense Secretary Jim Mattis nor its acting head Patrick Shanahan has confirmed a topline budget for the department — the latest reports peg it at $750 billion, up from the $733 billion the Pentagon originally planned for and the $700 billion that President Donald Trump mandated afterward. However, much of this could be dependent on whether the Air Force sees a funding bump this year.
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