Airmen prepare a 555th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon for takeoff‰ from Aviano Air Base, Italy, on Oct. 28, 2019. The 555th FS deployed in support of U.S. Air Forces Central Command. Airman 1st Class Caleb House
Photo Caption & Credits

Almanac: Spending

June 1, 2020

Department of the Air Force spending trends; DOD and USAF fiscal 2020 budget request; spending as a share of GDP; DOD budget breakdown by service; pass-through funding; major procurement and RDT&E programs.

View or download this Almanac section
Air
Personnel
Space
Technology
Expand Comments

Related Content

Senate Appropriations Proposes $500 Million Extra for Space Force in 2022

Oct. 18, 2021
The Senate Appropriations Committee released its version of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act on Oct. 18, proposing an additional half billion dollars for the Space Force's 2022 budget and 16 more C-130Js for the Air Force, while leaving the service's requests for F-35s and F-15EXs untouched.

As National AI Panel Shuts Down, New Think Tank Emerges to Continue Its Work

Oct. 18, 2021
The congressionally chartered National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence has completed its work, but the team that created its 756-page report will continue, backed this time by its former chair, Eric Schmidt, who is committing his own money to the new effort, dubbed the "Special Competitive Studies Project." Schmidt was…

Lockheed Martin Says It Will Compete for Advanced Fighter Trainer

Oct. 15, 2021
Lockheed Martin plans to enter the Advanced Tactical Trainer fray to supply the Air Force with a new jet to bridge undergraduate flight instruction and fighter training units, but the company declined to say whether it will offer a T-50A derivative, a different non-developmental airplane, or a clean-sheet design. Its…

Space Force Shakes Up Acquisition Again in Effort to Achieve Efficiencies

Oct. 15, 2021
The Space Force confirmed that it will reorganize space acquisition and space policy authorities starting Oct. 18 in an effort to streamline decision-making in line with Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s plan announced in August. The Department of the Air Force's plan involves breaking out space policy from the as-yet…

Van Ovost Takes Command of TRANSCOM, Pledging to ‘Underpin Lethality’

Oct. 15, 2021
Air Force Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost assumed command of U.S. Transportation Command during a ceremony at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., on Oct. 15, becoming just the second woman to lead a unified combatant command. To meet new challenges, the military needs “every Jackie Van Ovost that we can…

C-17 Pilot is Biden’s Nominee for USAF Installations Czar

Oct. 14, 2021
The Biden Administration plans to nominate Ravi Chaudhary, a former Air Force C-17 pilot and member of the Senior Executive Service with the Federal Aviation Administration, as assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment, and energy. In his last post, he was director of advanced programs and innovation…

Bomber Task Force Refuels With Airmen-Designed Kit Fit for ACE

Oct. 14, 2021
Master Sgt. Jason Yunker literally scribbled his hot-pit refueling idea on the back of a bar napkin. As of Oct. 11, it became part of the Air Force's new operational concept of agile combat employment while promising to save his command more than $1 million a year. At Spangdahlem Air…