House Committee Blocks Cuts to Air Guard

(May 15) The Air Force effort to cut aircraft and people from the Air National Guard hit a stumbling block last week when the House Armed Services Committee approved an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that prohibits the service from using authorized funds to divest, retire or transfer any aircraft in its inventory as of May 31.

The amendment, which was sponsored by Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., and Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, and 15 others, also prohibits the Army from divesting, retiring or transferring any C-23 aircraft during fiscal year 2013.

NGAUS applauded the committee’s work.

“National Guard leaders across the country are encouraged by the House Armed Services Committee’s action . . . that would halt the Air Force’s ill-advised and disproportionate cuts to the Air Naitonal Guard in the fiscal 2013 defense budget request,” said retired Maj. Gen. Gus L. Hargett Jr., the NGAUS president. (Read more)
 

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