January 21, 201312 yr Does anyone know if there is any truth to the rumor of a combat coded reserve sqd being stood up at LRF? Possible a Reserve super squadron/Wing?
January 22, 201312 yr They are already here, but are currently serving as the FTU with the 62 AS. The 189 AW (ANG) is going to take over the FTU mission in a few years, we think...
January 22, 201312 yr Author I know they are doing the school house thing now but what about an operational combat mission?!
January 23, 201312 yr It surprises me that we're standing up a new reserve wing. In the current fiscal & associate environment, why don't we roll the AFRC into the ANG?
January 23, 201312 yr Amazing...Ft. Smith loses their jets and the next week a AFRC unit shows up in the same state...
January 23, 201312 yr Because the AD is going all J, the Reserves were chosen to take over the C-130H FTU (decision made summer 2010). They've been building up since 2011, and now that is changing. The 189 AW got political backing to take over the majority of FTU training because the C-130 instructor school is going all simulator. The Guard is supposed to get 75% of the FTU, while the Reserves get 25% & are combat coded. Lots of issues to be worked out still...
January 23, 201312 yr Because the AD is going all J, the Reserves were chosen to take over the C-130H FTU (decision made summer 2010). They've been building up since 2011, and now that is changing. The 189 AW got political backing to take over the majority of FTU training because the C-130 instructor school is going all simulator. The Guard is supposed to get 75% of the FTU, while the Reserves get 25% & are combat coded. Lots of issues to be worked out still... This is what I mean, why is there Reserve and Guard on the same base, basically doing the same mission? Kinda like having two squadrons of herks at MSP (1 ANG/1 RES). WTF? With how small the reserves are, why are we funding a complete and separate competent? Ex...we have an A staff for both AFRC and ANG...seems like lots of wasted $$$$.
January 23, 201312 yr We cant combine services. Active Duty says it would be too hard. The U.S. Air Force will work to standardize the pay systems of the active duty, Air National Guard and Reserve forces, but it does not plan to pursue a proposal to merge the Guard and Reserve, the service's chief of staff said. The retired generals who propose the merger say it could save billions of dollars and improve U.S. security, but current service leaders say it's too big an undertaking just now, particularly as the service prepares for recapitalization and budget uncertainty. https://www.defensenews.com/article/20110828/DEFSECT01/108280301/USAF-Nixes-Guard-Reserve-Merger-Proposal
January 23, 201312 yr Because the AD is going all J, the Reserves were chosen to take over the C-130H FTU (decision made summer 2010). They've been building up since 2011, and now that is changing. The 189 AW got political backing to take over the majority of FTU training because the C-130 instructor school is going all simulator. The Guard is supposed to get 75% of the FTU, while the Reserves get 25% & are combat coded. Lots of issues to be worked out still... The IP schoolhouse for the H will be all sim based??? Wow
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