The Future of the Air National Guard

Abstract

The Air National Guard has a dual mission both federally and domestically. This paper examines the Nevada Air National Guard as a case study to some of the options that are available for the Air Force to replace older aircraft with new missions. After a failed attempt to simply cut older missions residing in the National Guard, the Air Force must examine other options. In February of 2012 the Active Duty Air Force proposed an un-proportionally large cut to the Air National Guard. The personnel cuts were 3,900 Active Duty, 5,100 Air National Guard and 900 Air Force Reserve billets. An eight month political debate followed, and resulted in name-calling, mistrust, and finally in congressional oversight. The logical answer was to retire the older aircraft mainly residing in the Air Guard. The political debate was because of the importance of Air Guardsmen to the Governor and the state mission. The Air Forces need to modernize its fleet during a time of budget cuts further complicates the issues. It is possible to replace out of date missions within the Guard with newer needed missions, and still allow the Air Force to modernize at the same time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA601693

Entities

People

  • Kyle J. Cerfoglio

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Case Studies
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Governments
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Transport Aircraft
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies