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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysbdjv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2022 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m. in room SD-192, Dirksen Sen- ate Office Building, Hon. Jon Tester (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Tester, Feinstein, Baldwin, Shelby, Collins, Murkowski, Moran, Hoeven, and Boozman. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK KENDALL, SECRETARY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR JON TESTER Senator TESTER. I call this hearing to order. Good morning, Secretary Kendall. Thank you for being here. We met many times over the last year, but I believe this is your first appearance testifying before our subcommittee as Air Force Sec- retary. You have to correct me if I'm wrong on that, but welcome and thank you for your willingness to serve our country again. General Brown, General Raymond, welcome back. We look for- ward to hearing from all three of you about fiscal year 2023 budget request for the Air Force and the Space Force. We consider the fiscal year 2023 budget request with great sense of urgency as we face China's rapidly increasing technological capa- bilities and warfighting capacity. China remains a pacing threat and continues to be the focus as we modernize our military forces. The Department of the Air Force in particular has made signifi- cant changes to its future force design and backed that up with siz- able investments in modernization as made evident by a nearly 13 percent increase in its modernization budget. Your procurement budget, however, remains relatively flat which raises concerns about your ability to afford purchasing and fielding these modernization programs in relevant numbers. Your proposed shift in force structure also includes decisions to retire legacy aircraft and reduce procurement of relatively new platforms. As you know, divestments can be a sensitive topic around here. So we need to hear from you on the rationale for the proposals you're making, the path ahead to ensure that we have the nec- essary capabilities when needed, and what tools you have put in place to ensure that you can keep these promises and truly divest (1)

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