Voice of America: US Air Force Facing Cuts in Manpower, Flying Hours

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

US Air Force Facing Cuts in Manpower, Flying Hours Mar 22nd 2013, 01:51 The U.S. military is getting ready for the impact of big automatic budget cuts, in what's termed "sequestration."  The Defense Department faces bigger cuts than any other agency. For the 459th Air Refueling Reserve Wing at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, that means pay cuts and reductions in flying hours, right before a scheduled deployment. Captain Frank Gilliard flies an air refueling tanker - a KC-135.  "The 135 can also be set up as a hospital," he said. He and ... Media files: 70C20AAA-974B-4245-9BE7-1D4718E11670_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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