Supporting the Future Total Force: A Methodology for Evaluating Potential Air National Guard Mission Assignments

Abstract

Manpower end-strength reductions of active duty personnel in the U.S. Air Force are making it more difficult to support the air and space expeditionary force construct using current force employment practices. The Air National Guard (ANG), however, will not undergo significant manpower reductions but will be affected by plans that call for the retirement of a significant number of its aircraft, leaving it with a large number of highly trained, highly experienced personnel with no aircraft to operate and support. The authors develop a methodology to evaluate missions that could be transferred from the active component to the ANG without significant cost to the total force. They conclude that four areas-Predator operations and support, air mobility command and control, Commander of Air Force forces staffing, and base-level intermediate maintenance-are missions that could benefit from ANG assignment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA473242

Entities

People

  • Charles R. Roll
  • Dahlia S. Lichter
  • James M. Masters
  • John G. Drew
  • Kristin F. Lynch
  • Louis Luangkesorn
  • Robert S. Tripp
  • Sally Sleeper
  • William A. Williams

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Employment
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Information Systems
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Naval Personnel Management

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space