Lawmakers Move To Reinstate Freeze On Air Force Aircraft Moves

By Maggie Ybarra / December 24, 2012 at 2:03 PM
House lawmakers from Arkansas, Iowa and Ohio have introduced legislation that would forbid Air Force Secretary Michael Donley from retiring or transferring most Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve aircraft until an independent commission presents to Congress a report on the future force structure of the Air Force. In a bid to hold on to the aircraft used by units in their states as the service attempts to trim more than 200 aircraft from its inventory, nine congressmen on...

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