Several transgender members of the U.S. Air Force are suing the Trump administration after their retirements were rescinded.

In June, the Air Force issued retirement orders to the 17 plaintiffs involved in the litigation. But then something changed.

In August, "the Air Force rescinded all 17 of these retirement orders" in violation of relevant internal rules, according to the 19-page complaint filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

The lawsuit is premised on a relatively obscure statute which says the "computation of retired pay" for retired members of the "Air Force or the Space Force" must be based on a certain, related formula .

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