The Air Force estimates that if the cuts go into effect, two-thirds of its aircrews will not receive the training hours needed to stay mission-capable.
It's the same for the other members of the Combat Search And Rescue team, from the pilots and aircrews, to the Combat Rescue Officers and Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE) specialists.
Today, we also send our thoughts and prayers to all the folks from Jacksonville on the front lines at this very moment: pilots and aircrews around the world, Navy corpsmen on the ground in Afghanistan.