Air Force proposes changes: base-by-base

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  • By Col. Bob Thompson
  • Office of Air Force Reserve Public Affairs
WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE, Mass. --  Faced with tightening budgets, the Air Force announced Mar. 6 that it is refocusing and reducing the size of its forces to comply with the Department of Defense's new defense strategy and the Budget Control Act's requirements to cut $487 billion from the defense budget over the next 10 years.

Although subject to change, some of the Air Force Reserve's manning changes submitted as part of the Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal include:

· Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C. - lose one fulltime Active Guard Reserve position

· Joint Base Andrews, Md. - add one part-time drilling reservist position; add one fulltime air reserve technician/civilian position

· Barksdale AFB, La. - lose 409 part-time drilling reservists positions; lose 171 fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Beale AFB, Calif. - add one part-time drilling reservist position; add one fulltime ART/civilian position

· Buckley AFB, Colo. - lose two fulltime ART/civilian slots

· Joint Base Charleston, S.C. - add three part-time drilling reservist positions; add one fulltime ART/civilian position

· Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. - lose two ART/civilian slots

· Dover AFB, Del. - add two part-time drilling reservist positions; add one fulltime ART/civilian position

· Eglin AFB, Auxiliary Field 3, Fla. - add two part-time drilling reservist positions; add two fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska - add nine part-time drilling reservist positions; add three fulltime ART/civilian slots

· Grissom ARB, Ind. - lose four part-time drilling reservist positions; lose nine fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Hill AFB, Utah - add one part-time drilling reservist position; add two fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Homestead ARB, Fla. - lose 40 part-time drilling reservist positions; lose 13 fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Hurlburt Field, Fla. - add 54 part-time drilling reservist positions; add nine fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Keesler AFB, Miss. - add five part-time drilling reservist positions; add five fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Joint Base San Antonio, Texas - lose 385 part-time drilling reservist slots; add one fulltime Active Guard Reserve position; and lose 178 fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. - lose one fulltime AGR slot

· Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. - add one part-time drilling reservist position; add one fulltime ART/civilian position

· Little Rock AFB, Ark. - add five drilling reservist positions

· Luke AFB, Ariz. - add one part-time drilling reservist position; add two fulltime ART/civilian positions

· MacDill AFB, Fla. - add six part-time drilling reservist positions; add one fulltime ART/civilian position

· March ARB, Calif. - lose 12 part-time drilling reservist positions; lose 14 fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Maxwell AFB, Ala. - add two part-time drilling reservist positions; add one fulltime ART/civilian position

· McConnell AFB, Kan. - add one fulltime ART/civilian slot

· Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. - add three part-time drilling reservist positions; add one fulltime ART/civilian slot

· Minneapolis-St. Paul ARS, Minn. - add one part-time drilling reservist position; lose one fulltime ART/civilian position

· Nellis AFB, Nev. - add one fulltime ART/civilian position

· Niagara Falls, ARS, N.Y. - lose one part-time drilling reservist position; add nine fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Patrick AFB, Fla. - add 10 part-time drilling reservist positions; add four fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Pentagon - lose five fulltime AGR positions

· Peterson AFB, Colo. - add one part-time drilling reservist position; add one fulltime ART/civilian position

· Pittsburgh ARS, Pa. - lose 1,122 part-time drilling reservist slots; lose 45 AGR slots; and lose 281 fulltime ART/civilian slots

· Pope Field, N.C. - add six part-time drilling reservist positions; add three fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Robins AFB, Ga. - lose 35 fulltime ART/civilian positions; lose 45 active-duty positions

· Schriever AFB, Colo. - add 56 part-time drilling reservist positions; add 23 AGR positions; and add one ART/civilian position

· Scott AFB, Ill. - add 23 part-time drilling reservist positions; add 13 fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. - add one part-time drilling reservist position; add three fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Tinker AFB, Okla. - lose 61 part-time drilling reservist positions; lose 21 fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Travis AFB, Calif. - add one part-time drilling reservist position; add two fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Tyndall AFB, Fla. - add one fulltime ART/civilian position

· Westover ARB, Mass. - lose four part-time drilling reservist positions; lose 13 fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas - lose 40 drilling reservist positions; lose 13 ART/civilian positions

· Whiteman AFB, Mo. - lose five part-time drilling reservist positions; add one fulltime ART/civilian position

· Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio - add 49 part-time drilling reservist positions; add 11 fulltime ART/civilian positions

· Youngstown ARS, Ohio - lose 97 part-time drilling reservist positions; lose 33 fulltime ART/civilian positions.

To read more about the Air Force's FY13 budget and future changes, go to www.af.mil.