DOD Asks to Divert $1.5B from USAF to Border Wall

The Pentagon is asking Congress to move $3.8 billion, including nearly $1.5 billion in Air Force funding, from weapons programs to the border wall project. The Feb. 13 reprogramming request would shift $2.2 billion from already appropriated base budget funds for fiscal 2020 plus another $1.62 million in appropriated overseas contingency operations funds. The cuts include funding for four C-130Js, eight MQ-9s, $180 million for USAF's light attack experiment, and $156 million in advanced procurement funding for F-35s, among others. Read more ►