Air Force Begins Returning Squadrons To The Air Amid Government Shutdown, Funding Concerns

By Maggie Ybarra / October 15, 2013 at 6:18 PM
The Air Force has begun issuing guidance to the leaders of its major commands on how to support ongoing contingency and critical training operations during a lapse in appropriations, which includes details on a plan to return some of the service's squadrons to the air following a brief stand-down. In an Oct. 11 memo , Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry Spencer describes how the service recently began operating some squadrons that had been temporarily grounded and expects...

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