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Who Are The U.S. Air Force Combat Controllers? (Inside America's Most Dangerous & Capable Operators)

United States Air Force Combat Controllers (CCT’s) are some of the most capable special operators in the entire U.S. Military. CCT’s are known for their expertise in close air support, and are FAA ...
FLYING Magazine

Living Historian Groups Walk Back in Time at Airshows

It went over well, and they were asked back. More like-minded folks joined them, and soon the Warbird Living History Group ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Unpaid air traffic controllers say government shutdown endangers flyers

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Reuters

US air safety at risk with traffic controllers as 'pawns' in shutdown, official says

Shutdown affects paychecks for 13,000 air traffic controllers Controllers face financial strain, may seek side jobs, employee union warns Risk for air travel could rise as shutdown stalemate drags on, ...
Washington Examiner

Air traffic controllers warn of mounting stress as shutdown halts paychecks: ‘A new risk’

The nation’s air traffic controllers are warning that the government shutdown is putting aviation safety at risk as thousands of essential workers report for duty without pay. Nick Daniels, president ...
Newsday

Air traffic controllers' understaffing leading to flight delays, as their paychecks end

Understaffing among air traffic controllers during the federal government shutdown is leading to delays at airports, transportation officials said. Some transportation experts have warned that delays ...
NBC Washington

‘I'm an unpaid air traffic controller': Workers hand out flyers at DCA

“Hi – good morning. I’m an unpaid air traffic controller.” That’s what a worker said as he approached travelers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Tuesday morning. As the government ...
ABC 7 Chicago

O'Hare air traffic controllers face 1st paycheck cut amid government shutdown

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Sixty air traffic controllers are Chicago O'Hare International Airport are among the hundreds in the Chicago area getting their first pay checks impacted by the federal government ...
USA Today

Transportation Secretary says government shutdown puts strain on air traffic controllers

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Oct. 6 that the government shutdown is adding stress to already overworked and understaffed air traffic controllers, as some areas have seen an uptick in ...
Government Executive

How the shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays

Airports across the United States have been experiencing significant flight delays recently because of a shortage of air traffic controllers, who have been required to work without pay since a ...
The New York Times

Air Traffic Controllers Reject Credit for Ending the Last Shutdown

Controllers missing work was widely cited as the reason the last shutdown came to an end. But that assumption might have been overblown, according to controllers, aviation safety experts and ...
The Conversation

How the government shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays

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