Air Force

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The A-10 Caucus on Capitol Hill seeks to keep the formidable aircraft flying, despite Air Force plans to pull the plug. (Tech. Sgt. Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr./U.S. Air Force)

***FILE** U.S. European Commander and Supreme Allied Commander – Europe (SACEUR) Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove (front), joined by KFOR Commander Maj. Gen. Volker Halbauer, speaks during a joint press conference in Kosovo capital Pristina military airport in Slatina on June 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James accompanied by Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, speaks to reporters at the Pentagon, Thursday, March 27, 2014. The Air Force is firing nine mid-level commanders and disciplining dozens of junior officers at a nuclear missile base in response to an exam-cheating scandal that spanned a far longer period than originally reported. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James, accompanied by Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, take questions during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, March 27, 2014. The Air Force is firing nine mid-level commanders and disciplining dozens of junior officers at a nuclear missile base in response to an exam-cheating scandal that spanned a far longer period than originally reported. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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This undated handout photo provided by the US Air Force shows Col. Robert Stanley II. The Air Force is firing nine mid-level commanders and disciplining dozens of junior officers at a nuclear missile base in response to an exam-cheating scandal that spanned a far longer period than originally reported. No Air Force general is being punished, but Stanley, the top commander at the Montana base, which is where the exam cheating was discovered in January, has resigned. (AP Photo/US Air Force)

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Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James, accompanied by Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, take questions during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, March 27, 2014. The Air Force is firing nine mid-level commanders and disciplining dozens of junior officers at a nuclear missile base in response to an exam-cheating scandal that spanned a far longer period than originally reported. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)