Monday, November 26, 2007

United States - Airlift Reorganization

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Mosley announced four proposed initiatives to reorganize C-130 tactical airlift units as part of this Total Force Integration program. According to an Air force press release, the initiatives would impact units in Tennessee, New York, Georgia and Arkansas,as follows.

- The Tennessee Air National Guard's 118th Airlift Wing at Nashville International Airport would train partner nations to operate C-130s.

- The New York Air National Guard's 107th Airlift Wing would partner with the Air Force Reserve Command's 914th Airlift Wing at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station to employ the 914th's C-130H airlifters.

- The 94th Airlift Wing at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. would convert from a domestic C-130 training unit to a combat coded unit.

- The Tactical Airlift Center of Excellence at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. would absorb the domestic training formerly done by the 94th Airlift Wing, plus expand it's C-130J training responsibilities.

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