A White House overview of the 2012 defense budget request included a few details about Air Force weapons.
Proposed spending for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellites is $975 million, while the total for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is $9.7 billion. Cyber security was budgeted for $2.3 billion, of which the nascent U.S. Cyber Command received $119 million.
The budget request also provides money to sustain the Air Force's arsenal of Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles through 2030, so the bomber force can continue to fly for the "indefinite future."
The Air Force, however, loses two air operations centers in the United States and two in Europe. That money is being plowed back into more urgent priorities.
Proposed spending for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellites is $975 million, while the total for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is $9.7 billion. Cyber security was budgeted for $2.3 billion, of which the nascent U.S. Cyber Command received $119 million.
The budget request also provides money to sustain the Air Force's arsenal of Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles through 2030, so the bomber force can continue to fly for the "indefinite future."
The Air Force, however, loses two air operations centers in the United States and two in Europe. That money is being plowed back into more urgent priorities.
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