U.K. bases initiate MOD hiring freeze

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U.K. bases initiate MOD hiring freeze
By Sean Kimmons, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Saturday, May 3, 2008

RAF LAKENHEATH, England — U.S. Air Force wings based in the United Kingdom have imposed a hiring freeze on its British Ministry of Defence work force in order to free up funds for the service’s war-fighting operations, including the replacing of its aging aircraft.

The 48th Fighter Wing, 100th Air Refueling Wing and 501st Combat Support Wing are also scrutinizing the hiring of other civilian jobs in the penny-pinching move created as a result of the latest round of Air Force Smart Operations 21 spending cuts.

“We are not actively eliminating people from our payroll,” Col. John Clarke, 48th Mission Support Group commander, said earlier this week. “No one will get a pink slip from this.”

“The bottom line is that we’re trying to get smarter on how we do business.”

U.K. bases have to cut $2 million from each wing’s budgets.


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