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The new budget passed last week will ground two squadrons of C-17s. The 10th Airlift Squadron at McChord and the 17th Airlift Squadron at Charleston will be deactivated. The planes will be put into inactive spare status and the crews will be absorbed into different units over time.
President's budget grounds eight C-17s at Joint Base Charleston
JBLM C-17 squadron will be inactivated in 2016
Also, the Air Force is dropping the crew requirements from 2.5 crews per airframe to 2.0 crews. By my calculations, this means about 280 less C-17 pilots needed compared to what we have right now. Yet, in watching the UPT drops they are still sending a lot of pilots to C-17s.
Interesting budget times.
Stealth_81
President's budget grounds eight C-17s at Joint Base Charleston
JBLM C-17 squadron will be inactivated in 2016
Also, the Air Force is dropping the crew requirements from 2.5 crews per airframe to 2.0 crews. By my calculations, this means about 280 less C-17 pilots needed compared to what we have right now. Yet, in watching the UPT drops they are still sending a lot of pilots to C-17s.
Interesting budget times.
Stealth_81