USAF’s Top Officer Wants To Expand Multiyear Authority For Munitions

Brian Everstine June 07, 2023
U.S. Air Force F-15EX fires AIM-120

An F-15EX fires an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile in November 2022.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force should expand its new multiyear procurement authority for additional munitions after using it first for three key weapons in the current budget request, the service’s top officer says. The Air Force, in its fiscal 2024 request, used the new congressionally provided authority to...
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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