President Bush, in its eighth and last year of mandate, presented to the Congress a request of federal budget for fiscal year 2009 of over $ 3,1 trillion. Among these, funding for defence amounts to $ 515,4 billion (around 15% of the entire budget). Of these 500 and more billion, the US Air Force would be getting 143,9 billion, 6,9% more than the 134,6 billion of the 2008 budget. These would be...