USAF requests USD217.5 billion in FY 2025, up USD3 billion from FY 2024

The USAF’s acquisition budget request includes 42 additional F-35As, such as the one seen here refuelling from a KC-10 tanker above an undisclosed location in 2019. (US Air Force)

The US Air Force (USAF) requested a total of USD217 billion in the fiscal year (FY) 2025 presidential budget request, up USD3 billion, or 1.6%, from the FY 2024 request. Pass-through funding, which goes to other agencies despite being in the USAF budget (not included in the figure) is up to USD45.1 billion from USD44.2 billion.

The service’s largest request is for operations and maintenance (O&M), which is set to consume USD75.6 billion, or 40% of the total budget. That is followed by military personnel (MILPERS) costs at USD41.7 billion (22% of the total); research, development, test and, evaluation (RDT&E) with USD37.7 billion (20%); procurement at USD29 billion (15%); and military construction (MILCON) with USD4.1 billion (2%).