The Air Force May Be Not Exist Much Longer Because Of... It was only a few years ago when a pair of U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers took off from their base in South Dakota to the launch the air campaign in Libya. Now, many in the Air Force are questioning whether a similar mission could even be accomplished, given the years of budget cuts under Obama. The U.S. Air Force is now short 4,000 airmen needed to maintain its fleet, and short 700 pilots to fly them, and are always not able to get their hands on the spare parts needed to keep their jets in the air. Its not only the personnel that are tired, its the aircraft that are tired as well, Master Sgt. Bruce Pfrommer told reporters. He has over two decades of experience in the Air Force working on B-1 bombers. Fox News visited two U.S. Air Force bases, including South Dakotas Ellsworth Air Force Base, located 35 miles from Mount Rushmore, in order to see the resource problems first-hand. Many Airmen reported feeling burnt out and exhausted due to current operations and limited research. In fact, Fox News was told only about half of the 28th Bomb Wings fleet of bombers can actually fly. We have only 20 aircraft assigned on station currently, Pfrommer commented. Out of those 20, only nine are flyable. What do you think? Is it time for Obama to start investing in the men and women who fight to protect our country each day. 