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AF Reserve Chief: Sequester, Keeping A-10s Would Derail Total Force Rebalance, Lower Readiness

AF Reserve Chief: Sequester, Keeping A-10s Would Derail Total Force Rebalance, Lower Readiness
Lt. Gen. James Jackson, chief of the Air Force Reserve

The chief of the Air Force Reserve said Monday that both sequestration and being forced to keep unwanted platforms such as the A-10 would result in lower manpower and readiness levels and slower acquisition than the Air Force wants. Lt. Gen. James Jackson told the Air Force Association’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies  that the service is already working on its fiscal year 2016 budget plans, even as Congress still works on the FY ’15 budget. “As we work through…

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