President George W. Bush today sent to Congress his defense budget for fiscal 2008. The budget requests $481.4 billion in discretionary authority for the Department of Defense base budget, an 11.3 percent increase over the projected enacted level for fiscal 2007, for real growth of 8.6 percent; and...
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNEWS) -- What do you say when the Air Force chief of staff asks you to be the first F-22 pilot for the Navy?