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Good afternoon , Ladies and gentlemen ,

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I'm Captain Annabelle Monroe with

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Secretary of the Air Force public

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Affairs and in just a moment .

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Undersecretary of the Air Force , the

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honorable Gina Ortiz jones and Major

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General James special Deputy Assistant

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Secretary for Budget will be presenting

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the Department of the Air Force fiscal

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year 2023 presidents budget overview

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briefing . If you were unable to pick

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up a packet of budget materials earlier ,

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please see me and I'll make sure you

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get one following the briefing .

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Undersecretary jones and Major General

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Pressure will be taking your questions

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in the interest of time and so that we

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can get through as many questions as

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possible . I ask that you limited to

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one question and one follow up question

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will also have reporters joining us

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virtually today . So we'll be taking

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questions from the call in line .

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Without further ado , the

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undersecretary of the Air Force Gina

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Ortiz jones . Good afternoon , Ladies

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and gentlemen , I'm Gina Ortiz jones ,

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the undersecretary of the Air Force

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today . I'm joined by Major General

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James Peshawar , the Deputy Assistant

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Secretary of the Air Force for Budget .

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Thank you for attending the Department

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of the Air Force's fiscal year 2023

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presidents budget rollout briefing next

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slide please . The Air Force and Space

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Force have outsized roles in today's

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military operations and the challenges

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we anticipate in the future in our

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Airmen and guardians must be equipped

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to win . Secretary Austin and Deputy

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Secretary Hicks have been clear that

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are pacing challenges China . While

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Russia remains an acute threat to our

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national security . Therefore ,

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Secretary Kendall and I have

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prioritized investments across the

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Department of the Air Force that will

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deliver meaningful operational

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capabilities to our warfighters as

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quickly as possible . The rapid

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transformation of China's military

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capabilities over the last 30 years

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demonstrates the urgency with which we

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must prioritize our own transformation

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and modernization efforts to ensure air

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and space superiority . The Department

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of the Air Force fy 23 budget requests

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balances maintaining capabilities to

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address near term threats while

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accelerating vital modernization

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efforts necessary for success . In a

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high end fight . During today's

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presentation , I will address the

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strategic context and framework used to

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align our budget within that context .

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Then Major General Peschel will provide

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an overview of the department's Fy 23

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budget request and walk us through the

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appropriation details and I will

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conclude with final thoughts . Next

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slide , please . The Department of

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Defense will advance its goals through

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integrated deterrence , campaigning and

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building and during advantages We

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guided our budget request around this

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framework . The Air Force's core

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missions remain unchanged . Air

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superiority . Global strike , rapid

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global mobility , command and control

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and intelligence , surveillance and

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reconnaissance . The Space Force's main

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efforts reflect its indispensable

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support that underpins all other joint

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operations . The Department of the Air

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Force capabilities and platforms that

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underpin our success over the last two

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decades will be insufficient against

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the pacing challenge . Therefore , the

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Department of the Air Force has

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undertaken the seven operational

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imperatives listed here from defining a

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resilient and effective space order of

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battle to defining the next generation

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air dominance family of systems to

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ensuring we , as a department are ready

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to transition to a wartime posture

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against a peer competitor . We

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understand these operational

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imperatives to include the others

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listed here to be the most immediate

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tasks we must accomplish to ensure the

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Air Force and Space Force can

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accomplish their core missions . These

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imperatives reflect the critical

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capabilities and functions we must

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invest in to ensure the United States

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ability to deter conflict , project

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power and prevail in a high end fight .

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These integrated capabilities will

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underpin the Department of the Air

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Force's contributions to Secretary

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Austin's vision of integrated

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deterrence . Next slide please .

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Integrated deterrence involves working

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seamlessly across warfighting domains ,

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theaters and spectrums of conflict and

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concert with members of the US

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interagency as well as our partners and

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allies . All in an effort to convince

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our competitors that the benefits of

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restraint far outweigh aggression ,

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owning two thirds of the nuclear triad

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and 75% of nuclear command control and

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communications . The Department of the

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Air Force possesses the unmatched

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ability to deliver global strike at a

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moment's notice around the world . To

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continue to achieve this objective ,

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the department is recapitalizing the

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land based leg of the nuclear triad by

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developing the ground based strategic

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deterrent as the backstop to our

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nation's integrated deterrence

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providing the bedrock for a stable

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international order in order to

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generate effects required in the high

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end fight the US will need to

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supplement current and next generation

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crude platforms with lower cost ,

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complementary and highly capable .

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Unproved solutions . The operational

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imperative focused on the next

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generation air dominance or End God

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family of systems will be designed with

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the ability to collaborate with

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unscrewed and autonomous platforms to

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increase operational effectiveness .

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The operational imperative , focused on

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the B-21 long range strike family of

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systems represents our preliminary

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efforts to modernize the strategic

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aircraft leg of our nation's nuclear

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triad . Similar to our transition to

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the engaged family of systems . We are

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assessing the potential to introduce a

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lower cost , complementary unproved

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aircraft into the B-21 to provide an

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enhanced level of capability . This new

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resilient missile warning missile

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tracking system tracking design

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initiates the Space Force's pivot to a

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series of resilient , survivable and

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defendable architecture . There's this

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framework addresses emerging challenges

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such as hypersonic missiles and anti

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satellite weapons and allows the Space

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Force to access a more diverse space of

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satellite vendors and launch providers

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who are also providing two proliferated

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constellations for commercial

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applications . Our investments in space

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domain awareness such as deep space

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advanced radar capability or dark

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provide a critical all weather radar

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system capability to counter existing

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and emerging threats in deep space and

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support tactical timelines defined for

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strategic space defense . Finally ,

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investments in modernized air and

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ground moving target indication

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capabilities , supports our operational

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imperative of achieving moving target

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engagement and deters our adversaries

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for employing systems to engage the

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joint force . Next slide please , the

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department strengthens deterrence and

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gains military advantage by building

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joint force capabilities and by

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campaigning the conduct and sequence

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and conduct and sequencing of military

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activities to achieve strategy aligned

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objectives . Over time the Department

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of the Air Force will conduct

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campaigning through agile combat

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employment or ace . The operational

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concept whereby forces and capabilities

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are dispersed and operate at satellite

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locations . This budget reflects

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investments necessary to refine our ace

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concepts work We continue to do in

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conjunction with our partners and

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Allies . Advanced battle management

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system . A . B . M . S . Is the

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Department of the Air Force's

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contribution to Joint All Domain

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Command and Control . Jazzy too . Our

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work is part of the operational

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imperative to achieve operationally

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optimized A BMS will ensure our

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campaigning activities and air and

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space reflect next generation battle

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management needed to operate

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effectively across domains in a

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contested environment to ensure us

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superiority and space , we're

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collaborating , collaborating with

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industry on national Security Space

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launch to drive innovation and

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increased launch capacity to maintain

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robust and assured access to space

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investment in modernizing our

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operational training infrastructure

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includes developing live virtual and

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constructed environments where

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guardians can train against a threat .

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Representative aggressive force . The

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national space test and training

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complex will provide realistic

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simulations to ensure guardians are

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equipped appropriately to train in a

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contested environment populated with

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threats . As a department . We

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understand maintaining the readiness of

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our personnel and existing capabilities

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combined with investment into more

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capable weapons will ensure combat

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ready forces that are resilient ,

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survivable and agile . We are

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increasing funding and support of our

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readiness enablers such as are flying

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our program as well as weapons systems

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sustainment and munitions . One of the

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operational imperatives specifically

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looks at our ability to transition to a

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wartime posture . And this budget

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reflects our investments in key

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munitions such as the Joint Air to

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surface standoff missile , a KH as um

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er long range anti ship missile , a Kl

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rasam and Joint Direct Attack munition

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a cage ADM to ensure just that next

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slide please , mm hmm .

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Building . And during advantages is how

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the Defense Enterprise will undertake a

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series of urgently needed reforms to

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bolster the defense ecosystem and

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ensure enduring joint force advantages

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are Total Force team comprised of

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active military and civilian airmen and

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guardians . Reservists and national

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guardsmen contribute to our nation's

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air and space and cyber security ,

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cyberspace , security , their

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professionalism and passion make us the

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untenable for unbeatable for us . We

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are while inspiring the next generation

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to serve . The department is immersed

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in training and recruiting

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transformation efforts to ensure we

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attract top tier talent and leverage

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technology to enhance our training

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programs . We are committed to ensuring

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all airmen and guardians have the

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opportunity to serve to their full

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potential and we are aligned with the

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Defense Department in making

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foundational investments to implement

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the findings of the independent review

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Commission on Sexual Assault . Our

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commitment includes bolstering

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professionalizing the sexual assault

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prevention and response workforce

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diversity equity and inclusion programs ,

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violence prevention programs and

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training that helps airmen and

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guardians identify and address

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extremist behaviors that are

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incompatible with military service .

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These initiatives will set the

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conditions for all to serve to their

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full potential . The department is

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increasing facility sustainment

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restoration , modernization funding .

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In doing so , we reduce the

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department's deferred maintenance and

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repair backlog and focus on quality of

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life improvements from mission

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facilities , dormitories , dormitories

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and childcare centers . This budget

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further invests in operational energy

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improvements , facility operations

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projects and facilities of statement

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projects aimed at a more responsible

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and renewable energy consumption . We

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invest in initiatives that decrease our

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infrastructure and energy footprint and

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help us gain energy efficiencies within

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our existing infrastructure . This

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includes investments in R and D .

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Efforts such as the adaptive engine

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transition program that improves the

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operational capability of our advanced

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aircraft while reducing the emission of

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greenhouse gasses . The operational

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imperatives reflect our recognition of

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the need to think beyond platforms .

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And this budget reflects our

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acceleration toward integrated family

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of systems as demonstrated in our

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investments and capabilities that

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leverage artificial intelligence and

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accelerate the development of highly

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capable in crude autonomous

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collaborative platforms . Additionally ,

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we're expanding our prototyping efforts

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with commercial satellite

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communications providers as part of our

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overall technology transition effort

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with the goal of providing the joint

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force with a more resilient space

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architecture and command and control

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network . Finally , we invest in

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digital transformation initiatives to

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rapidly innovate and deliver

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capabilities and effects to join

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operations in the war fighter were

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increasing investments in cyber

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resiliency and foundational enterprise

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information technology infrastructure

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necessary to ensure the digital domain

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is secure , stable and accessible . Now

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we'll turn it over to General pesa to

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cover the overall top line for the

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Department of the Air Force and

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appropriation level details . Next

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slide . Thank you madam . Secretary

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this afternoon . I'll discuss the

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department's Fy 23 presidents budget

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request which includes both the Air

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Force and Space Force budgets . The two

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colored stacked bar charts on the left

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represents Air Force blue dollars or

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dollars directly tied to Air Force

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requirements . On top of each bar is a

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gray non blue box that represents

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funding within the department request .

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But outside the Air Force Control today

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we'll only discuss Air Force Blue

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funding requirements for Fy 23 . The

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department request is $194 billion

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which is $20.2 billion Over the

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FY 22 Presidents Budget Submission

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because of the complexity of the Air

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Force request and the timing of the Air

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Force or the fy 22 omnibus bill . And

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the Fy 22 presidents budget release .

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We will compare the details of this

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budget to the Fy 22 position . Vice the

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22 enacted position . However , at the

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overall department level , I can tell

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you the FY23 presidents budget is still

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$12 billion dollars above the enacted

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level . On the right hand started side

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of the chart . Are the service

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breakouts by appropriation . The Air

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Force request is $169.5 billion or

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$13.2 billion over the fy 22

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position And the US space force request

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is $24.5 billion $7 billion

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22 request . This budget does

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include an inflation adjustment . We're

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appreciative of both O . M . B . And O .

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S . D . For adding a 2.2% Non

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pay requirement and a 4.6%

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civilian and military pay raise to our

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budget . The total inflation adjustment

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is $6.3 billion . That's 1.8 billion

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for pay and 4.5 billion for non pay .

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With the inflation taken out . This

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represents 8% real growth . Next we'll

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go over the appropriation highlights

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for each service . Next slide please .

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The operation and maintenance account

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is the largest appropriation with the

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department at $72.1 billion this

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year . Like Fy 22 the overseas

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operation account or previously known

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as the OCO Overseas Contingency

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Operation account is in the baseline

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for the program . It is not a separate

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requirement . And so you will see that

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in all of these appropriations but the

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O . And M . One in particular and it

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directly supports the operational

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imperatives of readiness . And so the O .

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And M . Account funds the day to day

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activities to organize , train and

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equip some of the highlights that would

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go over . We'll start with the

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Department of the Air Force . We fund

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4.6 as I

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mentioned% $576

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million and M . Account . We added 100

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and $54 million for violence prevention

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and sexual assault prevention and

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response programs . That's a direct

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result of the Independent Review

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Commission . We increase employee

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minimum wage to $15 per hour . That's a

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$349 million increase to the O . And M .

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Top line . And we increased $348

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million

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85% ,

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which is a 5% increase over the FY 22

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position . This also includes 232

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million for climate , energy resilience ,

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resilience and operations and projects

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specifically is contingency

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preparedness , its installation

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resiliency and its operational energy

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projects and initiatives for Air Force

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highlight . We added $1.2 billion to

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the weapons systems sustainment account

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that funds the account at 85% which is

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a 2% increase over the fy 22 position .

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We also funded 1.1 million flying hours

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which is the maximum execute herbal

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hours we expect to fly in fy 23 . We

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increased $162 million command control

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and communications program as well as

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nuclear deterrents . Specifically

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specifically for a ground-based

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strategic deterrence and B-21 . This

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pays for projects , equipment and

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support for the new weapons system .

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Prior to them coming online we added

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$305 million for combat ranges . This

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was to support the joint pacific Alaska

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radar complex range complex , the

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Nevada test and training range as well

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as the Utah test and training range as

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well as we added 4/6 generation over

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the horizon radars And provided funding

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for F 35 bend down at eight different

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locations . Provided $96 million

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Indo Pacific presence . This is all

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part of the agile combat employment

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concept And we added $16 million

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dollars for rated diversity and

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inclusion . This is for aviation

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scholarships and aviation type training

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for cadets For the US Space Force

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highlights . We increased $205 million

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83% of

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the requirement which is up from 4% and

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from Fy 22 . And we provide $67 million

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23 .

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And also added $23 million

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Guardians .

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Thanks slide please for the military

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personnel account . It's a $2 billion

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increase over Fy 22 . This is just

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about all for increased pay . And so

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for the Department of the Air Force

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Again , it was a 4.6% pay raise .

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That's almost a billion dollars in

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itself . A 4.2% increase for basic

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allowance for housing And a 3.4%

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increase for basic allowance for

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subsistence that this gets after both

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the increased and housing costs that

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are airmen and guardians are

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experiencing as well as increased costs

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and food and subsistence . Something

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new this year in the military personnel

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account is we add a new account which

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is called the basic needs an allowance

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which is to address the economic

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insecurities for our youngest airmen

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and our guardians . They funded our

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permanent change of station account at

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1.1 billion which is consistent with

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prior years And the total force for the

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Department of the Air Force . The end

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strength will go down by about 4900

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people In Fy 23 for a total of

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510,400 airmen and guardians For the

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Air Force highlights . We can fund

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about $500 million

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30,000

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Of our critically skilled positions ,

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which is consistent with last year's

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funding included almost $200 million

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dollars for aviation retention programs .

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Again , that's consistent with last

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year's funding for the Space Force .

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The Space Force in fy 23 will have its

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own military personnel appropriation .

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And so the Air Force transferred $1

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billion to the Space Force for this .

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And the end strength will grow for the

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Space Force up to 8600 . Which is an

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increase of 200 half of that is driven

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by the space development agency

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transfer and the other half is related

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to inter service transfers extra please

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for research , development , test and

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evaluation . This is the seventh year

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in a row of growth for our D . T . Nd

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within the Department of the Air Force

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and the $20 billion that I mentioned in

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growth up front . About 9.1 of that is

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solely in the R . D . T . ND accounts .

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And so I'll have to slides for R . D .

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T . Anyone for the Air Force and one

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for the Space Force . The first chart

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is the Air Force where the Air Force R .

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D . T . Negroes about $4.6 billion.23

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some of the highlights below . We

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funded nuclear enterprise overall . As

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an Air Force , we added $2.5 billion

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for the nuclear enterprise for R . D .

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T . Nd specifically , we increased the

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ground based strategic deterrence by

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$1.1 billion to maintain the 2029

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initial operating capability and to

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start tests in fy 24 we added

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$320 million to long range standoff

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weapons for test articles .

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And we added $70 million for the

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Survivable Airborne Operations center

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which will be the replacement for the E

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four B . National Airborne Operational

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Center . We also added $381 million to

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the B 21 program to continue the E . M .

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D . Efforts of the engineering ,

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manufacturing and development efforts .

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We provided $354 million for the

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advanced engine development program

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that consists of two parts . First is

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the adaptive engine technology program

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or the E . T . P . That's 286 million

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of that . And then we also added 66

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million for next generation adaptive

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propulsion . We added

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$227 million for the E three Awacs

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recapitalization development efforts .

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We increase hypersonic weapon

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development by 100 and 31 or $138

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million . And that was for the arrow

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and the hacking programs . We added

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$133 million to the next generation air

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dominance family of systems . And this

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is for the advanced sensors , resilient

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communications and air vehicle

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technology which is the next next stage

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of our D . T . Nd for this program . We

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also included $113 million

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Sky

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Borg the Golden Horde and the adaptive

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collaborative platforms . We had a $28

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million dollars for advanced battle

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management system . And then the

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department grew that transition

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transition program by $306 million

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23 . And this specifically was for base

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defense software based warfare and

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hyper velocity gun weapon system

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development . And we also include $77

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million in this budget for climate

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initiatives within the Air Force R . D .

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T . Nd account that's for energy demand

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reduction energy management and

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advanced energy supply . So the next

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slide , the research and

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development test evaluation for the

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Space Force like the Air Force , the

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Space Force R . D . T . And the account

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grew by 4.5 billion . As secretary

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jones had stated . This really gets

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after the Space Force pivot to a more

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resilient space multi orbit

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architecture . Within the highlights of

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the Space Force . Uh the Space

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Development Agency was transferred from

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the defense wide accounts into the air

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force into the space force account and

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that was part of the 21 National

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Defense Authorization Act . Direction .

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They added almost a billion dollars to

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the space technology development and

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prototyping . This gets after the

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missile warning and missile tracking

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initiative from S . T . A . And $461

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million for Space science and

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technology R . And D . This is for the

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data transport efforts tied to the

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missile warning and missile tracking

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initiatives . They added a billion

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dollars for ground in geo space

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segments of next generation overhead

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persistent infrared infrared missile

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warning system . And we added a billion

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dollars to the space for us for missile

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or resilient missile warning and

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missile tracking . This is to address

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the hypersonic and maneuverable RVs .

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We added 406 million to the evolved

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strategic SAT . Com to replace a Jeff

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SAT . Com for secure survivable and

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strategic communications specifically

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for N . C . Three as well as

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presidential aircraft and Senior Leader

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aircraft . And we added $108 million

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dollars to the deep space advanced

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radar capability . And this is for the

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site one rapid prototyping . There will

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be three sites in total . This is a

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24/7 all weather tracking of space

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objects in the geosynchronous orbit .

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And we provided 100 and $21 million for

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protected tactical enterprise services

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which is to further develop the anti

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jam performance for global satellite

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communications . And like the Air Force

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account , we added $36 million for

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climate initiatives and within space

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this is for a space , solar power ,

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energy storage and studies on

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environmental factors within space .

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Make sure So for procurement we

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added $3.7 billion 23

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over the Fy 22 position which is a good

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ad on the procurement side we had 1.4

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billion for 24 F 15 E X s . This is an

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acceleration over Fy 22 where we had

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added 12 . This really gets after the

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fact that we're retiring all of the F

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15 C's and D's by 2000 and 26 . And so

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we were replacing that capability

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faster specifically within the south

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china sea . We procure 33 F 30 five's

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to grow the fifth generation fleet .

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And again , this is a cornerstone of

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our future fight fighter fleet . We add

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344 million to the FY 22 program for

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advanced sensor capabilities which

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keeps this aircraft the world's premier

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fighter . We add 1.7 billion for the B

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21 4 and that's for a low rate initial

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production . We had 74 million to fund

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the joint inter surface standoff

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missiles at the extended range to a

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maximum production capacity . And we

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had 100 and 19 million to procure 28

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long range anti ship missiles in the FY

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22 budget we didn't have any . So we

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added again $128 million to procure

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4200 J dams in Fy 21 22 .

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We had a much smaller quantity by and

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so we're making up for it in fy 23 we

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added $167 million to procure five Mh 1

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30 nine's for our new nuclear missile

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field security last year . If you

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recall , we had an FAA certification

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problem within MH 1 39 . Um They had to

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certification tests , one is complete

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the next is the next couple of months

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which we expect to to pass and that

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will enable us to start the procurement

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of the MH 1 39 and then we also

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complete the combat search and rescue

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recapitalization with 10 additional H H

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60 whiskeys And that will bring the

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quantity buys up to 75 for that weapon

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system . We again added 222 million

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for 15 K C 40 sixes which is one more

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than the budget in Fy 22 . And again we

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added $43 million for climate

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initiatives and this is really an

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expansion of what we've done in the

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past for a proven drag reduction

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initiatives for the C 17 , the KC 1 35

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& C130 aircraft for the Space Force we

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provided $1.1 billion to procure three

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national security space launches

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another 314 million to procure three

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space development agency launches and

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then again like in Fy 22 we procured to

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GPS three follow on satellites for

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increased resiliency , exciting .

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So for procurement quantities , I've

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talked to most of these in the previous

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slides but I'll pause just for a moment

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so you can look through that chart .

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Okay , excerpt And so for military

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construction , the growth from Fy

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22-23 is essentially non existent .

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It's flat For the Air Force highlights .

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We do resource $2.3 billion 38 projects

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across 15 states and eight overseas

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locations . We procure 13 weapons

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system bed down projects , those are in

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the lower left hand corner we added 245

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million for five european deterrence

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initiative projects we added $451

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million For six projects for the Indo

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Pacific And again in this year's budget .

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Like last year we added to dormitory

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complexes . The first is 90 million for

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basic military training at lackland .

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This is for dormitory seven in

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increment to And then we added $68

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million dollars for a dormitory at

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Clear Space Force station in Alaska .

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And while we didn't have a child

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development center , milken project in

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the budget this year we did add some

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minor construction funding for a CDC

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project at hurlburt and then this

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budget finally resources $233 million

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for military family housing

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privatization initiative restructures

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and that's at dover Air Force Base

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scott Air Force Base and A E . T . C .

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Group one . And so now I will turn it

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back over to Secretary jones . Thank

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you . General , as the Department of

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the Air Force celebrates its 75th

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anniversary this year . We have much to

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celebrate but we are clear eyed about

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the threats . We face . Our department

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looks forward to continuing our

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partnership with Congress to create the

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most capable and lethal joint

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warfighting force . This budget ensures

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the Department of the Air Force's

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posture to address near term threats

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and allows us to invest in

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modernization efforts vital to

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delivering timely and meaningful

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operational capabilities necessary to

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address our pacing challenge . Thank

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you very much . We welcome your

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questions . Thank you , madam .

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Undersecretary thank you General

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parecia . We'll start with Valerie .

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Breaking defense . Um I wanted to ask a

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little bit about Arrow and the future

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of that program . Can you talk a little

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bit about procurement both this year

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and then in the out years ? Because um

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I think this past year FY22 we were

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supposed to see Like 12 missiles , the

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1st 12 missiles be procured . That's

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not going to happen . So um can you

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kind of walk us through how the program

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is going to go forward ? Sure . Well I

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think when it comes to hypersonic

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weapons we've got to have the right mix

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and so we're committed not only to

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Arrow as well as to a hack them and

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that's why you see R . D . And T

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funding for both of those procurement

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funding for . Can you talk about

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quantities , how many this year and

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then how many through the years ? So

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there are no procurement quantities for

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Arrow in this budget there's actually a

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very sliver of procurement for Arrow

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this year but we expect to do a

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reprogramming with the hill to move

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that into our D . T . And E . So there

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won't be any procurement for arrow in

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23 walking away from the program . Are

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you guys canceling the program ? So not

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walking away , it's it's funded in FY

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23 and then we'll make an assessment

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after that . Sandra , go ahead with

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your question . Yes thank you Sandra .

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Irwin Space News um question for the

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undersecretary of the Department of the

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Air Force about two years ago released

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an arctic strategy . Um would you say

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that in this budget you are funding

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some of those priorities ? Can you talk

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a little bit about where that's going ?

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And are you addressing some of those

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priorities ? Absolutely . I think when

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it comes to um some of the um um

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resources that we would need um to work

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with our partners and allies in that

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area , you can see some of that here .

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Um When you look at some of the um

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resources in terms of our Agile combat

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employment , our ace concepts , some of

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that you can see in this in this uh in

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this as well . Um general page , if you

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want to speak to some specific line

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items , we can also follow up with you

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with more specifics . There are

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multiple and so um so I think the best

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would be just to provide you a list

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because there is a long list of

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initiatives that we have within the

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arctic and so I don't I don't wanna

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undersell that effort with just a

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couple of examples . I'd much rather

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provide you the full list but we can

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certainly do that . Thank you . We'll

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now take a question from the call in

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line joseph , are you still on the line ?

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I am thanks for thanks for doing this

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guys . Um I know this came up in one of

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the earlier briefings but I wanted to

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ask about the fairly substantial drop

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in the new F 35 numbers and hope I was

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hoping you just talk about whether this

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is really a temporary dip while they

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worked through some of the issues with

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Block four and so forth or whether it's

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a deeper shift away from that and any

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thoughts on the , what we're already

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hearing in terms of kind of push back

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from the hill from lawmakers including

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from north Texas on the idea of

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reducing those numbers . Thanks . Well ,

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secretary Kendall was very deliberate ,

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deliberate um , in balancing across

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this portfolio . So if you look at what

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happened in 23 and the fire portfolio ,

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large increase increase funding

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increased . Um , we did prioritize

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modernization over procurement Um , and

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the F- 35 enterprise that we did plus

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up significantly investments in

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advanced propulsion as well as advanced

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weapons . So we remain committed to the

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F- 35 . Secretary Kendall has said

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often that it will continue to be the

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cornerstone of our our future flight or

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fleet , but we prioritize modernization

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which means we need block four . I mean

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that's just what the pacing challenge

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demands . So just to

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clarify , there is , there is funding

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in the P one's for one arrow for $46

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million but you're saying there's zero

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being procured . That . That's correct .

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That's correct . So in Fy 22 we had

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funding procurement funding and

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Congress moved it to R . D . T . And E .

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And Fy 23 there is a small amount of

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procurement $46 million which we will

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move to R D T nd so we will not use

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procurement in 23 . My actual question

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was B 21 can you say anything about

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procurement quantities over the , I

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cannot thank you so much medication .

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35 1 will procurement bounced back and

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is there , what's the maximum buyout

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years and on I . S are you retiring all

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these AWACS um , Madam undersecretary ,

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I wonder if you could address how will

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that capability gap be replaced in the

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air and from air and from space .

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Sure . Um so on the on the F 35 I mean

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there's no change to the final by right .

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I mean again we are prioritizing

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modernization and so as we see progress

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there , we may have some more

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flexibility but the emphasis is on , on

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modernization and make sure we have

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blocks for um as soon as we need it um

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on the AWACS let me turn it to uh , to

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general pressure to go into some of the

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specifics there . So the AWACS funding

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the capability . I know there's a recap

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program but where are you investing in

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air and space to fill those gaps . So ,

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so for the awacs specifically right now

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we have 31 aircraft were retiring 15 so

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we will still have 16 and so we will

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use those in Kadena and Elmendorf . In

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so that capability will still exist And

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so then we will recap with a kneecap or

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E3 recapitalization that will a

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decision was made sometime in 23 . And

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then depending on that , we will see

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when we actually start to procure

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additional Mt assets for

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GMT I , we still have the R Q four's

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Black 40s which we're using as well as

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we are researching um , space based

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capabilities dig in a little bit more

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in that space . Thank you .

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Aviation week in the briefing earlier

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today , Deputy comptroller , my court

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said the plan is to retire the entire A

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10 fleet over the next five years . Can

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you give any more granularity on the

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timeline for that ? How many per year ?

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And I know in Fort Wayne , the plan is

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to backfill with F-16s , are there any

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other missions that you're targeting

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for backfill ? So in in fy 23 we will

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divest 21 8 tens and as you just , you

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know , the plan to backfill those with

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F sixteen's Amanda and we look forward

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to working with Congress to make sure

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that again , we've got the right mix of

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aircraft that are survivable effective .

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Um , and and can provide our airmen are

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guardians the best chance of winning of

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in in opaque com . Um , the A 10 is

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just limited in its ability to

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contribute to that fight . Moving back

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to the Colin line , john are you still

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on the line ? Um

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yeah , the previous question about

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8 10 , so just to be clear , we're

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talking about , I think in the navy

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brief they said within 5 to 10 years ,

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uh , they're expecting to see the Air

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Force get rid of the entire A 10 fleet .

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Is that is that correct ? So we look

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forward to working with Congress to

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make sure that that again we've got the

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right profile and can make sure that we

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transition those those personnel . Um ,

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because it's not just the aircraft ,

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it's the investment in the personnel as

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well as we transition to some of these

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higher , more capable aircraft and and

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and the personality to meet those

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requirements . Tara

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just back to G . M . T . I . As you're

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researching how this would be done by

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the Space Force . Is it likely that

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will be capability can be done by an

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existing satellite or there will be

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something that on the new branch of the

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low earth satellites that would be how

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it's carried out . So I could say there

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would be an additional constellation

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additional additionally , even beyond

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the something new beyond the trench one

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that's already under development by Sda .

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Yes . You're referring to missile

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warning and missile tracking . Yes ,

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this will be our last question ma'am .

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Jury selection was breaking defense .

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Um , My question is for General Kashia

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and it's about the one extra one

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billion for missile warning and

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tracking For resilient um , missile

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warning and tracking is that to be put

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to the MEO satellites that the Space

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Systems command was doing some

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exploratory work on an F 22 . So I

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can't I can't really get into details

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on missile warning missile tracking .

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But that initiative is is looking at

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all orbits . Ladies and gentlemen ,

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that's really all of the questions we

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have time for today . If you've got any

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follow up questions , please come see

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me afterwards . And if you need any

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budget materials , please let us know .

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Thank you so much for your time . Um ,

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Madam , Undersecretary General pasha .

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Thank you so much .