Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) facing ‘most dramatic cut’ in years [View All]

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Pacific Air Forces is feeling the pinch of one of the tightest funding years in recent memory.

Some bases are parking government vehicles, halting maintenance projects and asking fitness center customers to bring their own towels.

“I would say this is the most dramatic cut in funding in 17 years from one year to the next,” said Lt. Col. Kari Mostert, 35th Services Squadron commander at Misawa Air Base, Japan.

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Commands are dipping into O&M to pay for the war on terror. PACAF has “loaned” $130 million of O&M money to Air Mobility and Air Combat commands for war costs, officials said. At the wing level, units are shifting dollars to front costs to deploy and equip their warfighting troops, hoping to recoup some of those expenses later.

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