Air Force fighter jets to fly again  By Jennifer Liberto
POSTED: 01:07 PM PDT Jul 15, 2013   
UPDATED: 07:49 PM PDT Jul 15, 2013   About 300 fighter jets,
including the Air Force's Thunderbirds, will begin flying again.
Since April, about a third of the Air Force's combat flying
fleet has been grounded due to federal spending cuts. The Air
Force won a temporary reprieve from the cuts, which will allow
the jets to begin flying again.  Congress gave the Air Force and
other agencies the power to re-allocate money within their
budgets. The Air Force on Monday decided to reinstate $208
million to restore the flights.  The move also affects the
grounded Thunderbirds. They resume training with hopes of
performing aerial shows next year. There will be no Thunderbird
shows this year.  Air Force leaders called the move a step in
the right direction but warned that budget cuts have left the
military agency less prepared for crisis, especially since
federal funding for next year is also precarious. The latest
move only