Misleading Budget Accounting in the Department Of Defense Needs Correction

Forbes | July 6, 2021 | Lt Gen (ret) Dave Deptula |

 The Air Force budget is burdened by $39 billion dollars in non-Air Force spending over which the Secretary of the Air Force has no control. These funds—which account for 18 percent of the total Air Force Department budget—go directly to other DOD agencies, passing through the Air Force untouched.

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