Ein ziemlich langer Artikel, schwer verständlich, weil ich mich nicht
mit der Organisation des US Militärs auskenne:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/1af.htm
Wichtig schein mir dies (von 1997):
"The size and composition of 1st Air Force's flying unit force
structure continued to be a major issue during the transition. Over
recent decades, the air defense interceptor force defending North
America had been dramatically reduced from a high of 2,600 dedicated
aircraft (including the Royal Canadian Air Force) in 1958. It had
shrunk to 20 ANG fighters at 10 alert locations for CONAR by February
1996. However, 1st Air Force continued to face strong budgetary
pressures to either eliminate or dramatically reduce dedicated ANG
fighter interceptor units for the air defense and air sovereignty."
Scheinbar sind diese 10 alert locations nochmals beschnitten worden,
so dass noch 7 blieben, mit 14 Jägern.
Dieser Brief stammt aus eines Airforce magazins (1998):
http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:MlMDhHy3tdQC:www.1staf.tyndall.a
f.mil/defender/April98/force.htm+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
"Force Structure: What's it mean?
by Maj. Gen. Larry K. Arnold
1st Air Force Commander
s dedicated military professionals, we have an obligation to the
American public to protect our skies. Without question, our citizens
expect no less. Congress provides us the resources and I am confident
that the professionals in the Continental United States North
American Aerospace Defense Command and 1st Air Force are keeping our
skies safe every day.
Since the end of the Cold War, our longtime air defense mission has
evolved into one of air sovereignty. We no longer face the threat of
Russian Bear bombers flying along our coast but still have an
enduring right to protect our airspace from unknown threats.
Air sovereignty --— guarding America’s skies from airborne
terrorists, drug traffickers and rogue nations — is what CONR/1st Air
Force is all about. Air sovereignty means ensuring we know who is out
there.
Just as our mission has changed over the past decade, so has the
military. Defense cuts based on a reduced threat have affected us
all, but we still do our important job very well even with reduced
resources.
We have 10 fighter wings dedicated to our mission — 20 pilots sitting
alert around the clock waiting for the order to fly when needed. They
interact with our three air defense sectors, where trained weapons
controllers tirelessly monitor radar screens 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, watching for that unknown threat.
At the Southeast Air Defense Sector in 1997, weapons controllers
tracked 427 unknown aircraft and intercepted "unknowns" 36 times. In
the same year, the sectors in the Northeast and West handled 65 and
104 tracks, respectively.
The professionals throughout 1st Air Force perform the air
sovereignty mission with great skill and finesse. The results of the
most recent Quadrennial Defense Review, however, will affect our
mission. The QDR called for reducing 1st Air Force’s dedicated
structure to four fighter wings. The Air Force adjusted this number
upward to six fighter wings with seven alert sites — 14 pilots alert
and ready to serve when called upon.
Are seven alert locations enough to perform the air sovereignty
mission? Certainly there is greater risk with seven sites than with
ten alert sites. The leadership in the Air Force and in the
Department of Defense believes we have a window of opportunity based
on a real reduction in threat to our country that warrants this risk.
I am confident 1st Air Force can and will do the job despite the QDR
results.
So, who will be affected? Our alert fighter wings at Great Falls,
Mont.; Burlington, Vt.; and Atlantic City, N.J.; will no longer
perform the air sovereignty mission. In addition, our fighter wing at
Ellington Air National Guard Base, Texas, will become a general
purpose unit, with an air-to-ground mission, and still maintain an
alert commitment. Our fighter unit in Fresno, Calif., will move its
alert site to March Air Reserve Base, Calif., and, finally, our
Fargo, N.D., unit will assume alert duties at Langley Air Force Base,
Va.
All these changes seem mind-boggling and I realize change is hard to
accept. But just as 1st Air Force so successfully converted to an Air
National Guard organization, I know you will continue to perform our
mission above and beyond my greatest expectations. "
Welches diese 7 Basen sind, habe ich noch nicht herausgefunden.
MfG
J.Ruhe
mit der Organisation des US Militärs auskenne:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/1af.htm
Wichtig schein mir dies (von 1997):
"The size and composition of 1st Air Force's flying unit force
structure continued to be a major issue during the transition. Over
recent decades, the air defense interceptor force defending North
America had been dramatically reduced from a high of 2,600 dedicated
aircraft (including the Royal Canadian Air Force) in 1958. It had
shrunk to 20 ANG fighters at 10 alert locations for CONAR by February
1996. However, 1st Air Force continued to face strong budgetary
pressures to either eliminate or dramatically reduce dedicated ANG
fighter interceptor units for the air defense and air sovereignty."
Scheinbar sind diese 10 alert locations nochmals beschnitten worden,
so dass noch 7 blieben, mit 14 Jägern.
Dieser Brief stammt aus eines Airforce magazins (1998):
http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:MlMDhHy3tdQC:www.1staf.tyndall.a
f.mil/defender/April98/force.htm+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
"Force Structure: What's it mean?
by Maj. Gen. Larry K. Arnold
1st Air Force Commander
s dedicated military professionals, we have an obligation to the
American public to protect our skies. Without question, our citizens
expect no less. Congress provides us the resources and I am confident
that the professionals in the Continental United States North
American Aerospace Defense Command and 1st Air Force are keeping our
skies safe every day.
Since the end of the Cold War, our longtime air defense mission has
evolved into one of air sovereignty. We no longer face the threat of
Russian Bear bombers flying along our coast but still have an
enduring right to protect our airspace from unknown threats.
Air sovereignty --— guarding America’s skies from airborne
terrorists, drug traffickers and rogue nations — is what CONR/1st Air
Force is all about. Air sovereignty means ensuring we know who is out
there.
Just as our mission has changed over the past decade, so has the
military. Defense cuts based on a reduced threat have affected us
all, but we still do our important job very well even with reduced
resources.
We have 10 fighter wings dedicated to our mission — 20 pilots sitting
alert around the clock waiting for the order to fly when needed. They
interact with our three air defense sectors, where trained weapons
controllers tirelessly monitor radar screens 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, watching for that unknown threat.
At the Southeast Air Defense Sector in 1997, weapons controllers
tracked 427 unknown aircraft and intercepted "unknowns" 36 times. In
the same year, the sectors in the Northeast and West handled 65 and
104 tracks, respectively.
The professionals throughout 1st Air Force perform the air
sovereignty mission with great skill and finesse. The results of the
most recent Quadrennial Defense Review, however, will affect our
mission. The QDR called for reducing 1st Air Force’s dedicated
structure to four fighter wings. The Air Force adjusted this number
upward to six fighter wings with seven alert sites — 14 pilots alert
and ready to serve when called upon.
Are seven alert locations enough to perform the air sovereignty
mission? Certainly there is greater risk with seven sites than with
ten alert sites. The leadership in the Air Force and in the
Department of Defense believes we have a window of opportunity based
on a real reduction in threat to our country that warrants this risk.
I am confident 1st Air Force can and will do the job despite the QDR
results.
So, who will be affected? Our alert fighter wings at Great Falls,
Mont.; Burlington, Vt.; and Atlantic City, N.J.; will no longer
perform the air sovereignty mission. In addition, our fighter wing at
Ellington Air National Guard Base, Texas, will become a general
purpose unit, with an air-to-ground mission, and still maintain an
alert commitment. Our fighter unit in Fresno, Calif., will move its
alert site to March Air Reserve Base, Calif., and, finally, our
Fargo, N.D., unit will assume alert duties at Langley Air Force Base,
Va.
All these changes seem mind-boggling and I realize change is hard to
accept. But just as 1st Air Force so successfully converted to an Air
National Guard organization, I know you will continue to perform our
mission above and beyond my greatest expectations. "
Welches diese 7 Basen sind, habe ich noch nicht herausgefunden.
MfG
J.Ruhe