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The Department is proposing to retire three times as many aircraft as it plans to buy this year.

Until that new system is in place, I welcome the Department's continued commitment to recapitalizing all of the legacy KC-135 aircraft across the Air Force.

Eisenhower retook Europe in 11 months. I am not sure we need to wait three or four years to decide how much wood we are going to cut.

$100 million for a $58 billion asset base is an insult to the people of the United States.

We in Congress often hear complaints and concerns about how long it takes to develop new capabilities.

I applaud the Space Force's effort to develop a more resilient space architecture.

In the last 2 years the budget requests greatly underestimated fuel costs on the very day the budget was released.

Do you anticipate requesting a supplemental to cover increased fuel costs?

It appears that this was going on for many months without the Airman, allegedly, being caught.

Whatever happened to 'Need to Know'? That is the principle that is supposed to oversee and restrict access to sensitive classified information.

The mission-capable rate for the F-35 in February was just 53 percent.

The Department is proposing to retire three times as many aircraft as it plans to buy this year.

Until that new system is in place, I welcome the Department's continued commitment to recapitalizing all of the legacy KC-135 aircraft across the Air Force.

The seven operational imperatives that you and the Chiefs have established for the Air Force and Space Force provide a useful framework for our analysis this morning.

I appreciate your holding this hearing on the Air Force's fiscal year 2024 budget request.

One hundred percent. That is one of the most important things we need to do, things like CLT, for example.

Eisenhower retook Europe in 11 months. I am not sure we need to wait three or four years to decide how much wood we are going to cut.

$100 million for a $58 billion asset base is an insult to the people of the United States.