Air Force to focus 2022 construction funds on Europe, Pacific and nukes
Rachel S. Cohen
The Air Force plans to funnel next year’s military construction dollars toward bolstering its facilities across Europe and the Indo-Pacific, as well as preparing to bring on a new generation of nuclear weapons, officials told lawmakers Tuesday.
The Air Force and Space Force remain “committed to European [Deterrence] Initiative efforts to reassure North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies and other European partners of United States commitment to collective security and territorial integrity,” Jennifer Miller, the Air Force’s acting assistant installations boss, and Brig. Gen. William Kale, deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering and force protection, told a House Appropriations subcommittee in written testimony.
How much the service wants in 2022 will be revealed in President Joe Biden’s full budget request, due out later this month. In 2020, the Air Force received $5.3 billion for military construction — nearly four times more than the $1.4 billion it requested in
2021, which fell in line with the usual MILCON request of around $1 billion to $2 billion.
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