Richard Shelby: “There is already a growing belief that this Administration has little interest in preserving the tools it would need to…”

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

A complex and evolving security environment requires a serious commitment to our national defense.

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.