Return of the Strategic Minuteman
Abstract
The conservation of the 105th Military Airlift Group (MAG) at Newburgh, New York, to the C-5A Galaxy in 1985 and the conversion of the 172d MAG in Jackson, Mississippi, to the C-141 StarLifter in 1986 marked the beginning of a gradual return of the Air National Guard (ANG) to the strategic airlift mission of the Military Airlift Command (MAC). Both conversion planning and actual conversions of Guard units are currently taking place without a coordinated understanding between MAC and ANG of individual and mutual concerns or of the objectives for the overall strategic airlift mission. Each organization has its own agenda for the return of the Guard to strategic airlift. In some cases their agendas have common objectives; in other instances, however, they are opposed. This paper examines those interests and objectives to identify both goal congruence and conflicts of interest. The basic approach of this study is a historic examination of the inception and development of the Guard's strategic airlift mission during the sixties and early seventies. It examines both the events that led to the Guard's inclusion in this mission and the motives of the Air Force and Congress in adding it to the purview of the Guard. Keywords: Air national guard operations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA215816
Entities
People
- Archie J. Berberian
Organizations
- Air University