BIG AVIATION REPORT

Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:17:19 MT

SIMPLE FLYING · DEFENSE

INSIDE THE $1.4 BILLION PROGRAM THE US AIR FORCE JUST STOOD UP AT GRAND FORKS TO DEFEND ITS OWN BASES...

In its budget for 2027, the US Air Force (USAF) has asked Congress for roughly $1.4 billion for a mission the service spent nearly 80 years delegating to the Army.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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