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USAF ‘Reprograms’ Funds, Resumes Flight Training
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)
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)

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.