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AIR FORCE Magazine / May 2008 52 Terms Explained Funding levels can be expressed in several ways. Budget authority is the value of new obligations that the federal government is authorized to incur. These include some obligations to be met in later years. Figures can also be expressed in outlays (actual expenditures, some of which are covered by amounts that were authorized in previ- ous years). Another difference concerns the value of money. When funding is in current or then-year dollars, no adjustment for infla-tion has taken place. This is the actual amount of dollars that has been or is to be spent, budgeted, or forecast. When funding is expressed in constant dollars, or real dollars, the effect of inflation has been factored out to make direct comparisons between budget years possible. A specific year, often the present one, is chosen as a baseline for constant dollars. Normally, Congress first authorizes pay- ment, then appropriates it. Authorization is an act of Congress that establishes or continues a federal program or agency and sets forth guidelines to which it must adhere. Appropriation is an act of Congress that enables federal agencies to spend money for specific purposes. Budgets 2008 USAF Almanac Air Force Major Force Programs (Total obligation authority in billions of constant FY09 dollars) Forces Strategic Forces General-Purpose Forces Airlift Forces Guard and Reserve ForcesSpecial Operations Forces Total Support Intelligence & Communications Research & Development Central Supply & MaintenanceTraining, Medical, & Personnel Administration & Other Total FY08 $5.738.713.513.70.9$72.5 $40.310.1 5.711.62.4$70.1 FY02 $5.632.414.810.90.6$64.3 $27.8 8.46.112.52.2$56.9 FY04 $6.437.915.712.20.7$72.9 $36.811.3 6.414.22.9$71.6 FY06 $6.239.918.113.40.6$78.2 $41.110.7 5.613.62.8$73.9 FY99 $5.523.513.510.00.5$52.9 $25.2 9.35.510.72.0$52.8 FY00 $5.124.113.210.00.5$52.8 $24.3 9.65.710.92.0$52.6 FY01 $4.827.412.810.50.5$56.0 $26.4 8.86.011.22.1$54.5 FY03 $6.241.717.911.70.6$78.3 $36.210.3 7.114.02.6$70.1 FY05 $4.556.713.512.40.0$87.2 $36.4 9.55.16.42.3 $59.7 FY07 $5.836.816.513.30.7$73.2 $39.210.7 5.212.32.2$69.6 Numbers do not add due to rounding. Air Force Budget—A 10-Year Perspective(Budget authority in millions of current and constant FY09 dollars; Current dollars Military personnel Operation & maintenance Procurement RDT&E Military construction Family housing Rev. & mgmt. funds Trust & receipts Total Constant FY09 dollars Military personnel Operation & maintenance Procurement RDT&E Military construction Family housing Rev. & mgmt. funds Trust & receipts Total Percentage real growth Military personnel Operation & maintenance Procurement RDT&E Military construction Family housing Total FY08 $30,78940,71332,89226,052 2,7891,001 600 $134,297 $31,49741,64933,64926,651 2,8531,024 620 $137,386 -0.2-3.6-9.54.153.6-45.3-2.7 FY04 $29,68139,25232,46020,290 1,8311,441 690-110 $125,535 $34,27445,32637,48323,430 2,1141,664 797-127 $144,960 0.6 -11.6 0.74.99.1-8.7-2.4 FY99 $19,35727,10718,43413,807 862 1,0821,510-246 $81,913 $25,36235,51624,15218,090 1,1291,4181,978-322 $107,322 -0.95.418.2-5.3-45.1-5.0 5.1 FY00 $20,21727,25418,75514,511 1,1741,158 434-453 $83,050 $25,61734,53423,76518,387 1,4881,467 550-574 $105,234 1.0-2.8-1.61.631.73.5-1.9 FY01 $20,95629,32822,05414,297 1,4101,084 515-95 $89,549 $25,83036,15027,18417,623 1,7381,336 635-117 $110,379 0.84.714.4-4.216.8-8.94.9 FY02 $24,75134,36423,22914,519 1,8061,374 292-108 $100,227 $30,02841,69028,18117,614 2,1911,667 354-131 $121,595 16.215.33.70.026.124.810.2 FY05 $30,34439,75235,11720,551 1,4991,680-667-359 $127,918 $33,88744,39439,21822,951 1,6741,876-745-401 $142,855 -1.1-2.14.6-2.0-20.812.8-1.5 FY06 $31,39846,70935,98922,220 2,1832,0861,252-180 $141,657 $33,97750,54638,94524,045 2,3622,2571,355-195 $153,293 0.313.9-0.74.841.120.37.3 FY03 $28,73243,25431,38018,825 1,6341,536 31 -147 $125,245 $34,07451,29637,21422,325 1,9381,822 37 -174 $143,530 13.523.032.126.7-11.6 9.322.2 FY07 $29,96741,02435,32624,328 1,7651,777 44 -133 $134,098 $31,54543,18537,18725,609 1,8581,871 46 -140 $141,161 -7.2-14.6-4.5 6.5 -21.4-17.1-7.9 excludes costs of the Global War on Terror.)