Air Force Desperate for Fund Hike
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Air Force officials are warning that unless their budget is increased dramatically, and soon, the military's high-flying branch won't dominate the skies as it has for decades
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The Bush administration plans to  announce as early as Tuesday that it will seek about $80  billion in new funding for military operations this year in  Iraq and Afghanistan, pushing the total for both conflicts to  almost $300 billion so far.
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The Air Force said yesterday that a Lockheed Martin Corp. military satellite program has fallen another year behind schedule and that the cost of the program will grow by at least $800 million.
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Last summer, Motaz Herzallah needed &#36;65,000 for an operation on a cancerous brain tumor. He said he sent an appeal to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat through contacts in the West Bank and received a check within three days.
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The U.S. Air Force wants to postpone  until 2009 choosing either Boeing Co.  or a team led by  Northrop Grumman Corp.  to win a contract potentially  valued at $20 billion or more to supply air-to-air refueling  tankers, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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The White House said on Tuesday it  will seek more than $80 billion in new funding for military  operations this year in Iraq and Afghanistan, shattering  initial cost estimates and pushing the total for both conflicts  to almost $300 billion so far.
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At a special Pentagon ceremony in late 1996, then-Air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall honored a top aide, Darleen Druyun, who was responsible for shepherding multibillion dollar
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The United States military&#39;s new rocket program is $14.44 billion over budget and counting, raising questions about how long taxpayers can subsidize two of America&#39;s biggest
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked NATO allies and colleagues for more effort in Afghanistan, but it is too early to tell whether his lobbying will pay off.
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Defense giant Raytheon Co. , stepping up its makeover from parts supplier to prime contractor, is vying for a contract worth up to $6 billion to provide the Army and Air Force with a product not usually associated with an electronics company: a cargo plane.
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Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT.N's F-35   Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, funded by the United States and   eight other countries, could cost as much as an extra $12   million to $16 million apiece at first if production plans are   curtailed in early years, the general running the project said   Friday.
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The biggest U.S. airlines, struggling to cement their shaky recovery, face a rising challenge from angry unions looking to recoup billions in wages and pensions lost since 2001.
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The 2005 federal budget falls far short of meeting the health-care needs of this country&#39;s military veterans. Congress needs to look at budget priorities and find more money to help these deserving men and women.
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When the FBI asked Congress this spring to provide $3.6 million in the war spending bill for its Gulfstream V jet, it said the money was needed to ensure that the aircraft, packed with state-of-the-art security and communications gear, could continue to fly counterterrorism agents on "crucial...
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Milk floats of death to drop behind enemy lines The US Air Force (USAF) is trialling battery-powered off-road vehicles for use by its special-forces ground units, according to reports - and you can buy one yourself for just $100,000 plus shipping.â¦
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The Secretary of Defense made clear to Congress that the number of F-22 fighters sought by the Air Force is excessive
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An enterprisewide software and services agreement the Air Force has signed with Microsoft promises to save the service more than $100 million in direct costs and an undefined but significant amount through indirect costs, according to Air Force CIO John