Is U.$. Air Force $uperiority Under Threat?
Atlanta (CNN)As U.S. Air Force fighter jets and bombers carry out airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, Air Force officials are waging a campaign of their own on Capitol Hill.
The target: Sequestration cuts expected to take effect in 2016 that, officials say, will threaten U.S. air superiority.
Air Force Secretary Deborah James told lawmakers last month that "enough is enough" when it comes to downsizing the Air Force, defending President Obama's $534 billion Pentagon base budget request to the defense appropriations subcommittee.
"Given the state of the world ... the No. 1 thing we have to stop is this downsizing," James said.
Despite the concerns of defense officials, lawmakers insisted that $10 billion will need to be cut from the Air Force's portion of the President's proposed budget, which, in total, exceeds spending caps by nearly $35 billion.
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