Sequestration confronts senior Air Force leadership Published March 29, 2013 By Alan Black, Sec AF/PA WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Air Force senior leaders issued updated guidance to leaders of Air Force major commands and addressed the service's Airmen last week on how the service will operate under sequestration and a continuing resolution for the remainder of the fiscal year. Acting Under Secretary of the Air Force Dr. Jamie Morin and Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry Spencer detailed in a memorandum what the service will do to navigate through an uncertain fiscal environment. "These events are unprecedented for the department and the USAF," Morin and Spencer wrote. In a letter to all Airmen, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III talked about what sequestration means for the service. "March is here, and unfortunately, so is sequestration ... that means the entire Department of Defense, including our Air Force, will experience about a nine percent budget cut across all programs -- starting now, and with no ability to adjust which accounts those cuts come from," Gen. Welsh said. Addressing the operational impacts, Gen. Welsh noted the immediate actions to training to protect the strategic advantage that airpower provides -- the ability to respond at a moment's notice.