'We're burning the furniture to save the house,' said a US Air Force officer. The metaphor is not new, but it aptly describes the USAF's $109.3 billion fiscal year (FY) 2015 budget request, which will be debated in Congress this spring. Facing spending cuts under the mandatory process known as sequestration, the Air Staff is preparing to retire seasoned aircraft it would prefer to keep in order to purchase more advanced aircraft that are as yet unproven.
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