Richard Shelby: “I think that all of us on this panel would all agree that this record is unacceptable, and must be reversed.”

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

As Senator Shelby at our Senate testimony hearing last March pointed out to us, we must maintain what we have before we can build new, and I think he hits the mark head-on.

I am concerned about this--what this communicates to both our allies and our adversaries.

Regrettably, this was all predictable and avoidable.