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Receipt to Congress — Air Force readiness on the rise
While we are still climbing out of a deficit, we have made significant progress in improving readiness.
By Matt Donovan and Gen. Dave Goldfein
Latest "sequestration" stories
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Budget deal gives a big funding boost to defense, but Republicans wanted more
The $738 billion plan for defense spending next year falls short of what some claimed was needed to maintain military might.
This week in Congress: The rush before spring break
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of April 8, 2019.
Is Trump really going to cut the defense budget?
Is it a negotiating ploy or a sincere message from the president that defense has to preparing for slimmer spending?
Former US Air Force head details decision to cut maintenance budgets in 2013
Eric Fanning was acting secretary of the Air Force when sequestration hit. He lays out the reasons the service cut maintenance funding and whether that is impacting the modern aviation crisis.
By Aaron Mehta
Mattis: New defense strategy won’t work under budget caps
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warns lawmakers the strategy is “not sustainable” under budget caps due to return in 2020 and 2021, unless Congress arrives at a way to ease or eliminate them.
By Joe Gould