Air Force spending $4M a day on munitions in Libya

The U.S. Air Force's portion of the Pentagon's $550 million tab for the opening days of the Libyan military campaign was $50 million, senior service officials said Wednesday, and Pentagon discussions about a special emergency spending measure "are unresolved."


"The first thing we did" at the onset of the Libyan operation "was start tracking those additional costs," Air Force Secretary Michael Donley told the Senate Appropriations Committee.

The air service has spent $4 million a day just on the munitions it has fired to pound Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's military, Donley said.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz told the panel the service's costs should grow to about $70 million through the second week of the campaign.
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Posted by Knucklz at March 30, 2011 9:40 AM
Categories: International, Government, Health or Science, War, Economy, Conspiracy, Obama
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  • March 30, 2011 12:01 PM Rob wrote:
    All the figures (550,50,4m) appear to be real lowballs. Methinks the masters of war don't want the public to know what they're really blowing (up?).
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  • March 30, 2011 3:48 PM Kevin wrote:
    America is in more danger from those who CLAIM to be protecting Her, then from any Foreign Foe. The Military/Industrialists are LOOTING this Nation to the very bones. THEY are the ENEMY. Since Eisenhower warned us all they have STOLEN this Nation's wealth and HONOR.
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