President recommends $5 billion budget for Air Force Reserve
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --
Under the Fiscal 2012 President's Budget Request announced Feb. 14, Air Force Reserve Command is slated to receive an annual operating budget of $5.019 billion starting in October.
The FY12 budget includes $1.7 billion for military personnel, $3.27 billion for operations and maintenance to pay for air operations, service support and civilian pay, and $34 million for military construction.
The desired reserve personnel end strength is 71,400 reservists - 200 more than the previous request and nearly 2,000 more than the FY10 request.
The manning levels for the new fiscal year are 2,662 full-time Active Guard Reserve members, 10,867 full-time air reserve technicians, 511 Regular Air Force Airmen and 4,157 civilian employees.
The FY12 budget request ensures Air Force reservists are trained and prepared to support Air Force and combatant command requirements through training, preparedness and modernization.
The Air Force Reserve is committed to the secretary of defense's efficiency agenda by leveraging new technology, using better business practices and improving its force alignment to maintain a strategic force to meet national defense needs.
Command officials said the Air Force Reserve is ready to execute the Air Force's guidance to meet real-world requirements, reduce excess, be more efficient, squeeze costs, and make the necessary tough choices.
The Air Force Reserve budget is about 4 percent of the Air Force's $119 billion allocation.
The Air Force Reserve is programmed to get $1.711 billion for its military personnel account.
This account funds military compensation programs, including a 1.6 percent pay hike, regular pay, allowances and benefits for Air Force reservists to provide trained units and individuals to augment the regular force in supporting the combatant commanders. The fund pays for school training and special tours of active duty for training to build and maintain skill-level proficiency to accomplish mission assignments. This military personnel account also covers manpower funding in support of the Air Force's Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance program, nuclear mission requirements and other stressed career fields.
Another $3.274 billion is slated to go to the Air Force Reserve's operations and maintenance appropriation. O&M provides funding to maintain five installations and train units for immediate mobilization and administrative support for the Office of Air Force Reserve in the Pentagon; Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command at Robins AFB; the three numbered air forces and the Air Reserve Personnel Center in Denver.
The FY 2012 budget request provides for the operation and training of 34 wings, funds 117,769 O&M flying hours, maintains approximately 344 aircraft, funds 10,867 air reserve technicians and 4,157 civilian employees and provides mission training for 71,400 reservists.
Funded activities include aircraft operations, training, base and depot level aircraft maintenance, mission support, facilities sustainment, restoration and modernization and supply and maintenance for Air Force Reserve units.
This appropriation includes funding for civilian pay, flying operations, mobility forces, space/other combat forces, training and recruiting, logistics operations and Air Force-wide support and installation support.
The Air Force Reserve is on tap to receive $33.6 million for military construction. The MILCON supports two primary projects. The first is $16.39 million to construct a new air traffic control tower and associated base operations facility at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. The second request supports $9.59 million to build a new RED HORSE readiness and training facility at Joint Base Charleston, S.C.
The MILCON budget also includes $5.4 million for unspecified minor construction projects and $2.2 million for planning and design.
The FY12 budget includes $1.7 billion for military personnel, $3.27 billion for operations and maintenance to pay for air operations, service support and civilian pay, and $34 million for military construction.
The desired reserve personnel end strength is 71,400 reservists - 200 more than the previous request and nearly 2,000 more than the FY10 request.
The manning levels for the new fiscal year are 2,662 full-time Active Guard Reserve members, 10,867 full-time air reserve technicians, 511 Regular Air Force Airmen and 4,157 civilian employees.
The FY12 budget request ensures Air Force reservists are trained and prepared to support Air Force and combatant command requirements through training, preparedness and modernization.
The Air Force Reserve is committed to the secretary of defense's efficiency agenda by leveraging new technology, using better business practices and improving its force alignment to maintain a strategic force to meet national defense needs.
Command officials said the Air Force Reserve is ready to execute the Air Force's guidance to meet real-world requirements, reduce excess, be more efficient, squeeze costs, and make the necessary tough choices.
The Air Force Reserve budget is about 4 percent of the Air Force's $119 billion allocation.
The Air Force Reserve is programmed to get $1.711 billion for its military personnel account.
This account funds military compensation programs, including a 1.6 percent pay hike, regular pay, allowances and benefits for Air Force reservists to provide trained units and individuals to augment the regular force in supporting the combatant commanders. The fund pays for school training and special tours of active duty for training to build and maintain skill-level proficiency to accomplish mission assignments. This military personnel account also covers manpower funding in support of the Air Force's Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance program, nuclear mission requirements and other stressed career fields.
Another $3.274 billion is slated to go to the Air Force Reserve's operations and maintenance appropriation. O&M provides funding to maintain five installations and train units for immediate mobilization and administrative support for the Office of Air Force Reserve in the Pentagon; Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command at Robins AFB; the three numbered air forces and the Air Reserve Personnel Center in Denver.
The FY 2012 budget request provides for the operation and training of 34 wings, funds 117,769 O&M flying hours, maintains approximately 344 aircraft, funds 10,867 air reserve technicians and 4,157 civilian employees and provides mission training for 71,400 reservists.
Funded activities include aircraft operations, training, base and depot level aircraft maintenance, mission support, facilities sustainment, restoration and modernization and supply and maintenance for Air Force Reserve units.
This appropriation includes funding for civilian pay, flying operations, mobility forces, space/other combat forces, training and recruiting, logistics operations and Air Force-wide support and installation support.
The Air Force Reserve is on tap to receive $33.6 million for military construction. The MILCON supports two primary projects. The first is $16.39 million to construct a new air traffic control tower and associated base operations facility at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. The second request supports $9.59 million to build a new RED HORSE readiness and training facility at Joint Base Charleston, S.C.
The MILCON budget also includes $5.4 million for unspecified minor construction projects and $2.2 million for planning and design.
