McCain: Air Force Playing 'Shell Game' With Headquarters Reductions

By Courtney Albon / March 25, 2015 at 12:22 PM
In a letter sent this week to Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) writes that he is disappointed with the service's approach to achieving a 20 percent headquarters staff reduction, calling its plan a "shell game." In the March 24 letter , McCain takes particular issue with the Air Force's creation of the 25th Air Force as its new ISR wing. He also highlights the service's creation of an Installation and Mission...

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