Air Force Reserve Command plans to establish a “classic” associate unit at Eglin AFB, Fla., working with Air Combat Command units there. A news release said the start date is “tentatively” set for Fiscal 2008. The Reserve unit would support ACC’s 53rd Wing test and weapons evaluation missions, but the program could expand to other Eglin units.
Aircraft readiness will suffer if Congress does not approve some $1.5 billion worth of spare parts the Air Force requested in its annual Unfunded Priorities List, sent to Capitol Hill last week, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said.