Air Force Tab For Libya Operation To Date: $50 Million

摘要

The Air Force calculates its contribution to the two-week effort to impose a no-fly zone over Libya is about $50 million, less than a tenth of the $550 million estimate the Office of the Secretary of Defense this week disclosed for Operation Odyssey Dawn, according to a senior Air Force official. Jamie Morin, Air Force assistant secretary for financial management and comptroller, said in a March 29 interview mat the service is financing its part of the mission from its current budget - an effort complicated by the constraints of operating under a congressional stopgap spending measure. In addition, he said the Air Force has no immediate plans to seek funding to replace the F-15E fighter mat was crashed last week after malfunctioning.