The federal government shutdown is affecting a major Air Force organization, the San Antonio-based Air Education and Training Command.
The AETC’s 13,465-strong civilian workforce in Texas and eight other states was idled while members of Congress continued to wrangle over a potential budget deal.
The command was operating with bare-bones civilian staffing but all training activities continued as usual, including boot camp at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland — just as it did during last year’s shutdown, which lasted a month and a half…