Budget Impasse Will Impact USAF Readiness, Chief Warns

Credit: Air National Guard

Maintainers work on a C-17 at Stewart Air National Guard Base, New York.

Credit: Air National Guard
KISSIMMEE, Florida—Budget uncertainty on Capitol Hill is having an impact on the U.S. Air Force’s attempts to address sustainment and maintenance of its fleet amid a high operations tempo, with the prospect of backfilling funding from the war in Iran looking increasingly unlikely, the service’s top...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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