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Senior Leaders Offer Laundry List of Lost Capabilities Under Sequestration

Senior Leaders Offer Laundry List of Lost Capabilities Under Sequestration
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The services will all lose specific capabilities ranging from F/A-18 aircraft that can’t fly to divesting the KC-10 tanker fleet, to inactivating an aircraft carrier and its air wing, senior leaders told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Readiness and Management Support March 26. Panel Chair Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) drew the answers from service leaders as she looked at potential results if the $500 billion in sequestration caps plays out the full 10 years, and what it would…

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