The FY 2014 USAF budget request supports a smaller force to maintain readiness while modernizing key capabilities. It requests funding for 503,400 total personnel, a decrease from FY 2013. It prioritizes O&M to fund day-to-day operations and sustain a ready force. Procurement focuses on replacing aging aircraft and missiles. MILCON supports new facilities to bed down weapons systems. The budget aims to balance force structure, readiness, and modernization in a constrained fiscal environment.