US DoD FY22 Budget Requests

[RAFEngO74to09]

Nuclear Modernization:

B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber - $3 billion
COLUMBIA Class Ballistic Missile Submarine - $5 billion
Long-Range Stand-Off (LRSO) Missile - $609 million
Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) - $2.6 billion

Missile Defeat & Defense:

Sea-Based Interceptors (SM-3 IIA and SM-3 IB) - $647 million
Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense System (AEGIS BMD) - $1 billion
Ground-Based Midcourse (GMD) and Improved Homeland Defense/Next Generation Interceptors (NGI) - $1.7 billion
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Ballistic Missile Defense - $562 million
Patriot Advanced Capability Missile Segment Enhancement - $777 million

Lethal Air Forces Investment:

85 x F-35 Joint Strike Fighters - $12 billion
14 x KC-46 Tankers - $2.5 billion
9 x CH-53K King Stallion - $1.7 billion
12 x F-15EX - $1.5 billion
30 x AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters - $825 million

Air Force Divesting Aircraft:
48 x F-15C/D
47 x F-16 C/D
42 x A-10
20 x RQ-4 (Block 20 + 30)
18 x KC-135
14 x KC-10
13 x C-130H
4 x E-8

Press Release:
https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2638711/the-department-of-defense-releases-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2022-defense-budg/#:~:text=The%20Biden%2DHarris%20Administration%20today,Depar tment%20of%20Defense%20(DOD).

DAF releases FY22 budget proposal, journeys to the Air and Space Forces of 2030 > U.S. Air Force > Article Display (https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2639087/daf-releases-fy22-budget-proposal-journeys-to-the-air-and-space-forces-of-2030/)

[Two's in]

Some interesting "bang for buck" comparisons in these numbers:

9 x CH-53K King Stallion - $1.7 billion
12 x F-15EX - $1.5 billion
30 x AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters - $825 million

30 Apaches for less than half the cost of 9 Stallions. Someone's having a laugh.

[unmanned_droid]

I believe the Apaches are largely re-manufactured airframes instead of new builds

[Martin the Martian]

Wait for the howls of protest about 42 A-10s being grounded.

[Martin the Martian]

Wait for the howls of protest about 42 A-10s being grounded.

[chopper2004]

Wait for the howls of protest about 42 A-10s being grounded.

lol you’re doing the howling for the Warthog community then again you know what it’s gonna be like …the Warthog will be living legend and untouched like a endangered species.

The budget on the whole does not seem too bad

cheees

[RAFEngO74to09]

Interesting detail in this document on many procurement and upgrade programs:

FY19_FY20_Dept_of_the_Air_Force_Acquisition_Biennial_Report_ final.pdf (af.mil) (https://www.af.mil/Portals/1/documents/2021SAF/04_Apr/FY19_FY20_Dept_of_the_Air_Force_Acquisition_Biennial_Report_ final.pdf)

[RAFEngO74to09]

Latest testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee

Hearing | Hearings | United States Commitee on Armed Services (senate.gov) (https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-receive-testimony-on-the-posture-of-the-department-of-the-air-force-in-review-of-the-defense-authorization-request-for-fiscal-year-2022-and-the-future-years-defense-program)