Air Force Reserve Command plans to halve its 7,744 position cut between individual mobilization augmentees and unit Reservists, Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley, chief of the Air Force Reserve, told a Capitol Hill seminar Tuesday. The cut is AFRC’s share of USAF’s overall 40,000-position drawdown. An AFRC news release explains some of the dynamics of this 50-50 plan and how IMAs might shift to a different category, while the unit Reservists may end up changing units or missions under BRAC 2005 and the Air Force’s evolving Total Force Initiative.
The last remaining T-1 Jayhawk at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, took its final flight to the "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on July 15. The 99th Flying Training Squadron will train pilots using T-6 and simulator until it gets T-7 Red Hawk in fiscal 2026.