Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), chairman of the Senate Appropriations defense panel, questioned why the Air Guard has announced “plans to grow by 7,000 in Fiscal 2010.” He pointed out during a March 25 hearing that ANG had not reduced its end strength when the active Air Force and Air Force Reserve had taken cuts. In response, the new head of the Air National Guard said that the Air Guard currently is short about 2,200 positions to “fully man the missions that the Air Force has assigned.” Because of that, said Lt. Gen. Harry Wyatt, and other new federal and state requirements, the Air Guard wants to increase its end strength from 106,700 to about 113,700 in Fiscal 2010. He said the ANG end strength proposal is driven by “the appetite for Air Force capability.”
Details Murky as ARRW Falls Short in Second Test
March 24, 2023
The second all-up flight of the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon on March 13 fell short of a fully successful test, but the Air Force isn’t saying what went wrong with the Lockheed Martin-built hypersonic missile. The defense giant's Missiles and Fire Control division recently said the ARRW is "ready…