Mississippi Business Journal » base http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Air force base to feel impact of deep budget cut http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/17/air-force-base-to-feel-impact-of-deep-budget-cut/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=air-force-base-to-feel-impact-of-deep-budget-cut http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/17/air-force-base-to-feel-impact-of-deep-budget-cut/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:50:58 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=73512 BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — The commander at Keesler Air Force Base says the base will ground planes and reduce training to deal with a 20 percent reduction in its budget. That’s the effects of the federal spending reductions, known as sequestration. The Sun Herald reports  Gen. Brad Spacy, commander of the 81st Training Wing, told [...]

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