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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Are political or economic considerations weighed in your drug approval process?

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

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

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

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

What does all this mean for the delivery of assistance to women and girls in Afghanistan? Are we really going to be able to reach them?

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

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

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