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majormadmax
PostPosted: 20 Dec 2012, 03:06 
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According to the news today, the NDAA that Congress has agreed on and will vote on later (and which Sen Levin said the President will sign) has restored 32 Mobility aircraft and spared 3300 airmen, while cutting the A-10's from Barksdale, Ft Smith and the F-16's at Iowa...

http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2012/ ... AA-121812/

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The Air Force will be allowed to retire 21 F-16s from the Iowa National Guard’s 132nd Fighter Wing at Des Moines; 20 A-10s of the Arkansas National Guard’s 188th Fighter Wing at Fort Smith, Ark.; and 24 A-10Cs of the Reserve 917th Fighter Group at Barksdale Air Force Base, La.


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Wow that will be quite a cut 44 aircraft, and Barksdale no less. :?
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44 sucks but that's better than the 100 plus they originally wanted to cut...hate it for those losing their jobs though!

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Just finished NCO Academy and was talking to a Barksdale guy at school. He said everyone's already jumping ship. Maybe 10 Crew Chiefs and 20 pilots left, and their jets are probably going to DM. Also had an Iowa ANG guy who said they're losing their 16s for Reapers.

No word on Ft Smith yet.

Definately bittersweet for me though, Ft Wayne and Selfridge were taken off the list for now. Good for me and my unit, but still sad to see cuts.

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PostPosted: 23 Dec 2012, 14:46 
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http://arkansasnews.com/sections/news/a ... -bill.html

And we have been asked to deploy again to fill in for yet another unit that can not go. They just got back this last Oct.
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