WARNER ROBINS — In March, Robins Air Force Base officials announced that as a result of across the board spending cuts, 28 fewer planes would be coming in for overhaul this fiscal year, but that has changed.
Now only one plane will be delayed to the next fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. Base officials deferred questions on the change to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
In an email, Wright-Patterson spokesman John Scaggs said the initial 28 plane estimate was based on a “worst case scenario” for the funding that would be available for maintenance under the federal cuts, referred to as sequestration. However, he said cuts were found elsewhere, and some “overflow” C-130 work at Hill Air Force Base in Utah was switched to Robins.
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