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Skunk Works Digest         Saturday, 9 April 1994       Volume 05 : Number 059

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	USAF is still fighting the Cold War

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From: TRADER@cup.portal.com
Date: Fri,  8 Apr 94 22:09:48 PDT
Subject: USAF is still fighting the Cold War

Based on my analysis of Congressional and Air Force budget documents
for fiscal year 1994, it seems that the Air Force still hasn't realized
that the Cold War is over. While the other services, notably the Army,
have decided to publicly fund a number of programs that previously
had Special Access Program status, the Air Force has added the following
- -new- Special Access Programs to the fiscal year 1994 budget. These
programs were not in the 1993 budget, and the exact costs and goals
of these programs are highly classified:

Program Element     Description                       Category
- ---------------    ----------------                   ------------
0305172F           "combined advanced applications"   strategic

0207160F           "tri-service standoff attack       tactical
                    missile"

0207431F            "tactical air intelligence        tactical
                    system activities"

0208021F            "electronic combat support"       tactical

0301313F            "defense dissemination system"    intelligence

Of these, the only one I know any details about is the "defense
dissemination system, which is designed to provide equipment so
that tactical commanders can utilize spy satellite images, as part
of the TENCAP effort.

Paul McGinnis / TRADER@cup.portal.com

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