Wartime Downsizing of Air Force a 'Painful' Task

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The Air Force has pared its active duty force by 25,500 personnel over the last two years. It will cut another 17,000 personnel over the next two years to reach a self-imposed strength target of 316,500 by October 2009.

The idea, say service leaders, is to free up budget dollars through manpower cuts and organizational streamlining in order to afford replacement of a dangerously aged fleet of aircraft for the next conflict.

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Wartime Downsizing of Air Force a 'Painful' Task

The day-to-day manager of this controversial wartime drawdown, now past its halfway mark, is Lt. Gen. Roger A. Brady, Air Force deputy chief of staff for personnel. He discussed the drawdown, and the reasons behind it, during a Nov. 7 address to a group of Air Force leaders, congres...

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