The Air Force plans to redirect $30 billion from the early retirement of legacy programs to fund new initiatives in connectivity, space, combat power projection, and logistics. Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein spelled out his plans in further detail Nov. 6 at an Air Force Association event in Washington, D.C., defining the four investment "bins" and assigning amounts to each, over the future years defense plan (FYDP), beginning in 2021: "If you want to achieve [Defense] Secretary [Mark] Esper's objective of gaining irreversible momentum for the National Defense Strategy, we have one good year to do it," Goldfein said, echoing common sentiments that increased defense budgets are highly unlikely after the coming budget cycle.
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机译：空军计划从遗留项目的提前退休中调拨300亿美元，以资助在连通性，太空，战斗力投射和后勤方面的新计划。参谋长戴维·L·戈德芬（David L. Goldfein）将军计划于11月6日在华盛顿特区的空军协会活动上详细阐述了他的计划，定义了四个投资“仓位”，并在未来几年的国防计划中给每个仓位分配了资金（ FYDP），始于2021年：“如果您想实现[国防]秘书[Mark] Esper的目标，为国防战略争取不可逆转的势头，那么我们有一个很好的一年要做。”在即将到来的预算周期之后，国防预算极不可能出现。
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