The Air Force strongly supports an appropriations bill, which would provide Congressional direction on the strategic choices expressed in the FY11 President's budget and would provide authority for new starts and production rate increases for investment programs, including military construction.
The absence of appropriations would be extremely disruptive to our military forces. The Air Force is attempting to minimize negative impacts and is working with the Department of Defense to address these issues.
At Tinker, as throughout the Air Force, those functions essential to national security and those that provide for the safety of human life and protection of property will continue. In most cases these functions would be accomplished by active duty Airmen.
Some civilians who are essential to accomplish these activities may be excepted from furlough. Under the existing guidance, the remaining civilian workforce could be furloughed.
This page includes a link to the listing of base services which may be suspended or limited during a shut down.
In addition, there are links to Air Force, Department of Defense and Office of Management and Budget pages containing additional information on government shutdown procedures.
The link above includes a list of base facilities or services that may be impacted during a government shutdown. For activities not listed, individuals are encouraged to call ahead to determine specific levels of customer support.
The Secretary of the Air Force Tri Sig Letter 