DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR

FISCAL YEAR 1970

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1970,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1969

WILLIAM W. WOODRUFF, FRANCIS S. HEWITT, GUY G. MCCONNELL, and EDMUND L. HARTUNG, Staff Assistants on the Department of Defense Appropriations

GENERAL BOOKBINDING CO.

The subcommittee met at 10:30 a.m. in room S-126, the Capitol, Hon. Richard B. Russell (chairman) presiding.

Present: Chairman Russell, and Senators Ellender, Young, Allott, Symington, and Thurmond.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT C. SEAMANS, JR., SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE

ACCOMPANIED BY:

GEN. JOHN P. McCONNELL, CHIEF OF STAFF

GEN. JAMES FERGUSON, COMMANDER, AIR FORCE SYSTEMS
COMMAND

MAJ. GEN. GEORGE S. BOYLAN, JR., DIRECTOR OF AEROSPACE
PROGRAMS, DCS/PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES

MAJ. GEN. THOMAS S. JEFFREY, JR., DIRECTOR OF PRODUC-
TION AND PROGRAMING, DCS/RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT

LT. GEN. DUWARD L. CROW, COMPTROLLER

MAJ. GEN. JOHN W. VOGT, ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF,
PLANS AND OPERATIONS

MAJ. GEN. JAMMIE M. PHILPOTT, DEPUTY ASSISTANT CHIEF
OF STAFF, INTELLIGENCE

BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM F. PITTS, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET, COMP-
TROLLER OF THE AIR FORCE

RETIREMENT OF AND ENCOMIUMS FOR GENERAL M'CONNELL

Chairman RUSSELL. The subcommittee will come to order.

This morning the subcommittee will begin consideration of the budget estimate for the Department of the Air Force for fiscal year 1970 totaling $24,330 million.

We shall hear statements from Hon. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Secretary of the Air Force and Gen. John P. McConnell, Air Force Chief of Staff.