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USAF ‘Reprograms’ Funds, Resumes Flight Training

AIN DEFENSE PERSPECTIVE » JULY 19, 2013

by  BILL CAREY

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 demonstration team will resume training flights but will not perform in public this year. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)

July 19, 2013, 11:50 AM

The U.S. Air Force reinstated flight training at combat squadrons that saw their operations curtailed in April by “sequestration” budget cuts. The service announced the resumption of flight training on July 15; it stays in effect until the new fiscal year begins on October 1.

Restored flight training became possible after the U.S. Congress approved a Department of Defense (DOD) request to transfer or “reprogram” Fiscal Year 2013 funds from other accounts to pay for operational shortfalls, including $1.8 billion for the air force. Flight training hours represent $208 million of that amount, according to the Air Combat Command (ACC)