Richard Shelby: “That's my understanding. It's also my understanding that these troops have not been called up for deployment yet.”

I remain concerned that the Air Force budget request is insufficient considering the needed modernization across the inventory with a rapidly evolving threat.

Regrettably, this was all predictable and avoidable.

Deterrence requires spending our limited resources on both offensive and defensive weapons.

A lot of people, including this Senator, believe that the request is not enough considering the problems in the world.