USAF Long-Term Budget Plan Too Risky For Fleet Health, Kendall Says

U.S. Air Force  F-16 maintenance

A U.S. Air Force maintainer works on an F-16 during a June 2023 exercise in Alaska. 

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force’s budget plan for maintaining its fleet is “not executable” and needs to be fixed now, hence contributing to the extensive pressures the service will face in fiscal 2026. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says the service is maintaining its current fleet “at the highest level of...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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