Budget Woes Force Air Force To Cancel Red Flag Training Exercise

By Maggie Ybarra / March 28, 2013 at 3:02 PM
The Air Force has canceled a Red Flag-Alaska exercise that was expected to take place next month and is debating whether to cancel some of its other premier training exercises to cope with the fiscal constraints of an across-the-board congressional budget cut that was instituted in early March. The Air Force announced in a March 27 Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) press statement that it had decided to cancel the Red Flag-Alaska 13-2, which was scheduled for April. Red Flag-Alaska is...

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