Gen. Michael Moseley explained today that the real number of personnel that the Air Force will cut over the next five years may be around 57,000, since the service plans to convert some Guard and Reserve positions to full-time-equivalent status. (That means fewer “weekend warriors” or part time reservists.) The Chief also noted that USAF does not plan to make Guard cuts in 2006 or 2007; instead the service will reduce the active force first. All told, he said, about 80 percent of the personnel reductions will come from the active duty force.
The Department of the Air Force has identified 50 programs that will make up the core of its contribution to the Pentagon’s joint all-domain command and control effort, branding them part of the “DAF Battle Network,” according to newly-released budget documents. The DAF Battle Network programs span multiple offices and agencies…