![US Top Stories from Associated Press (AP) show](/assets/missing_small.png)
Summary: NORFOLK, Va. (AP) , The Air Force began grounding about one-third of its active-duty combat aircraft on Tuesday because of automatic federal spending cuts, including squadrons of fighters, bombers and airborne warning and control craft.
Summary: NORFOLK, Va. (AP) , The Air Force began grounding about one-third of its active-duty combat aircraft on Tuesday because of automatic federal spending cuts, including squadrons of fighters, bombers and airborne warning and control craft.