"If you give us force structure back, give us the money, too, because the quickest way I know to a hollow force is if you give us force structure and no money. To just indicate that [the Air Force must] keep it and make it work is not a satisfactory solution in my mind."—Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, USAF Chief of Staff, remarks directed to lawmakers seeking to block cuts in Guard and Reserve units, Military.com, May 2. "The preference would be not to cut a single aircraft or a single person [from ANG or AFRC], but if it's going to happen because the budget forces these decisions in the end, then we need to be smart about things.... The Air Force sees the Guard and Reserve as a safe place to go for savings, which is somewhat contradictory when the Guard and Reserve are still doing a lot of the heavy lifting overseas."
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机译：“如果您退还我们的部队结构，也要给我们钱，因为我了解空心部队的最快方法是您给我们的部队结构而不是钱。仅表明[空军必须]保留它，并且使它工作并不是我心中令人满意的解决方案。”美国空军参谋长诺顿·施瓦茨（Norton A. Schwartz）针对5月2日寻求阻截军警和预备役部队削减的立法者的言论。“我们不希望削减单个飞机或单个人（从ANG或AFRC]，但如果由于预算最终迫使这些决定而发生这种情况，那么我们就必须精打细算...。空军将后卫和后备役视为节省开支的安全之地，当警卫队和预备役仍在海外进行许多繁重的工作时，这有些矛盾。”
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