Converging U.S. Air Force modernization plans face funding wall

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A 350th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135R Stratotanker from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, refuels a McConnell KC-46A Pegasus over the United Kingdom, July 1/

Credit: Airman 1st Class Gavin Hameed
The U.S. Air Force this year has outlined a plan to do modernization differently, creating a new structure to take the requirements process out of its major commands into one group to streamline the process. But before it has even officially begun, a major problem has already limited the progress...
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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