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Air Force Needs Almost $5 Billion To Recover Bases From Hurricane, Flood Damage
Source: NPR
Air Force Needs Almost $5 Billion To Recover Bases From Hurricane, Flood Damage
March 28, 2019 7:02 AM ET
JAMES DOUBEK
The U.S. Air Force says it needs $4.9 billion in new funding over the next two and a half years to cover the costs of rebuilding two air bases hit by natural disasters.
About one-third of Offutt Air Force Base, in eastern Nebraska, was underwater earlier this month as flooding hit large swaths of the Midwest. And Tyndall Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle was hit hard by Hurricane Michael in October.
The Air Force is asking for $1.2 billion in supplemental funding for fiscal year 2019 and $3.7 billion for fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Congress would need to approve the funding.
"This storm, if we don't get a supplemental, is going to affect the rest of the Air Force and our ability to operate," Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said Wednesday at the Heritage Foundation. "We desperately need the supplemental to recover from the natural disaster that hammered Tyndall and Offutt."
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March 28, 2019 7:02 AM ET
JAMES DOUBEK
The U.S. Air Force says it needs $4.9 billion in new funding over the next two and a half years to cover the costs of rebuilding two air bases hit by natural disasters.
About one-third of Offutt Air Force Base, in eastern Nebraska, was underwater earlier this month as flooding hit large swaths of the Midwest. And Tyndall Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle was hit hard by Hurricane Michael in October.
The Air Force is asking for $1.2 billion in supplemental funding for fiscal year 2019 and $3.7 billion for fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Congress would need to approve the funding.
"This storm, if we don't get a supplemental, is going to affect the rest of the Air Force and our ability to operate," Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said Wednesday at the Heritage Foundation. "We desperately need the supplemental to recover from the natural disaster that hammered Tyndall and Offutt."
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Read more: https://www.npr.org/2019/03/28/707506544/air-force-needs-almost-5-billion-to-recover-bases-from-hurricane-flood-damage
An aerial view of Offutt Air Force Base and the surrounding areas affected by floodwaters in Nebraska on March 17. One-third of the base was covered by water from flooding.
Tech. Sgt. Rachelle Blake/U.S. Air Force via AP
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Air Force Needs Almost $5 Billion To Recover Bases From Hurricane, Flood Damage (Original Post)
Eugene
Mar 2019
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TheCowsCameHome
(40,216 posts)1. Sorry, we have a border wall to build,
it's a real national emergency.
Do the best you can.
Chin music
(24,300 posts)3. Thoughts and prayers.
Last edited Fri Mar 29, 2019, 07:02 PM - Edit history (1)
Keep your chins up USAF. The military has to step up to trump. It's not our job to make his bullshit work for the country. That's why his madness is fucked up. Hurts for all of us. The weather's only going to get worse.
More levees, less lying.
NCjack
(10,297 posts)2. Move the useable stuff to a base that doesn't flood. Walk away from Tyndall and Offutt,
thereby saving $4.9 billion that can wasted on Dummie-45's wall.