2016 USAF Almanac

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May 2016, Vol. 99, No. 5
4 Editorial: Degrade, Dismantle, and Defeat
By Adam J. Hebert
The war against ISIS has been painfully slow, but is fi nally
showing progress.
22 USAF Almanac 2016
The Air Force in Facts and Figures
ALMANAC Structure of the Force
People
Budgets
Equipment
Grades and Insignia
Awards and Decorations

43 Major Commands and Air Reserve Components
Air Combat Command
Air Education and Training Command
Air Force Global Strike Command
Air Force Materiel Command
Air Force Reserve Command
Air Force Space Command
Air Force Special Operations Command
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55 FOAs, DRUs, and Auxiliary
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57 Guide to Air Force Installations Worldwide
Active Duty Installations
ANG and AFRC Installations
69 Gallery of USAF Weapons
A directory of US Air Force aircraft, missiles, and other aerospace
assets.
About the cover: Bald Eagle. Photo by
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97 Leaders Through the Years 108 Guide to Aces and Heroes Publisher: Larry O. Spencer
The Nation’s Air Arm and Its Early Major Decorations
Editor in Chief: Adam J. Hebert
Leaders Air Force Aces
Headquarters USAF Leaders
Leaders of Active Major Commands and 126 On Guard in New England
ANG Photography by Rick Llinares Managing Editor: Juliette Kelsey Chagnon
Air Guard units from Massachusetts
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and New Hampshire come together
Headquarters DOD Leaders
to defend the homeland and stay News Editor: Amy McCullough
Leaders of Unifi ed Commands, National
razor sharp for deployments.
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Leaders of Inactive Unifi ed Commands
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Digital Platforms Editor: Gideon Grudo
6 Letters 12 Chart Page Special: The Defense
Pentagon Editor: Brian W. Everstine
Budget at a Glance
8 Senior Staff Changes
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16 Air Force World 55
8 Index to Advertisers Associate Editor: June L. Kim
134 Chart Page: Where the Airmen Are
9 Action in Congress: Has the Navy Production Manager: Eric Chang Lee
Nailed Nuclear Funding? 136 Verbatim
Photo Editor: Mike Tsukamoto
10 Aperture: Bypassing the sixth genera- 152 Airpower Classics: C-17 Globemas- Media Research Editor: Chequita Wood
tion fi ghter for now; Unmanned escorts; ter III
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To those who were vigilant so we could rest,
Who gave everything that we might thrive,
Who are silent that we may breathe free,
We honor you.
MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 30 ©2016 USAA. 228750-0516
Editorial
By Adam J. Hebert, Editor in Chief
Degrade, Dismantle, and Defeat
The slow-but-steady pace of the US-led air war against ISIS The 1991 and 2003 wars were high-intensity battles from the
terrorists in Iraq and Syria has finally begun to turn the tide. outset, wars in which US and allied resolve were never in doubt
The first phase of the war ended this April, after 20 months of because of the sheer scale and force of the attacks against
effort to (in President Obama’s words) “degrade and ultimately Saddam Hussein’s forces.
destroy” ISIS’ brutal Islamic terrorists. The wars against ISIS and Operation Allied Force against
Slowly, almost imperceptibly to outside observers, officials Serb forces targeting Kosovo in 1999 began slowly and ramped
say the war has made real progress. In mid-April, Army Col. up gradually. Official statements about the campaigns’ progress
Steve Warren, chief Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman, seemed defensive and failed to inspire confidence. Observers
announced the first phase of the war was therefore over. without security clearances had little evidence of progress and
“A year-and-a-half ago, we saw images of [ISIS] convoys lacked clear indications of success. Numbers of sorties flown
moving freely into Mosul and throughout Iraq,” Warren said April and weapons released became proxies for progress—spiritual
13. “Those days are gone.” successors to the body counts touted in the Vietnam War.
Phase One was designed to “degrade the enemy,” Warren Allied Force was criticized because it took 12 days to hit the
said. “We focused on stopping [ISIS] from advancing and degrad- same number of targets that had been hit in the first 12 hours
ing their military capabilities [in] an of Desert Storm eight years prior.
an effort to eliminate [ISIS’] ability The war against ISIS has been painfully The war against ISIS dem-
to operate as a conventional force.” onstrates a wholly new level of
slow, but is finally showing progress.
At long last, the US-led coalition restraint. To wit: In 1999, coalition
is on to Phase Two of this war, forces dropped 28,000 bombs
which is to “dismantle the enemy,” Warren said. “A fractured in 11 weeks of war. In the first three months of 2016, coalition
enemy, an enemy that’s shattered and scattered, has significantly forces released fewer than 7,000 weapons against ISIS targets.
reduced ability to mass combat power. They’re not able to … The ramp-up in air effort has been gradual, to put it charitably:
create decisive effects on the battlefield,” a state of being that The coalition delivered 6,000 weapons against ISIS in the first
may not matter to a traditional terror group, but would mean the three months of 2015.
death of ISIS. Still, what goes on behind the scenes is important. “Every
This group is not attempting to simply hew fear and de- weapon employed and every sortie executed does not result in
struction, it actually intends to oversee territory as an Islamic a direct correlation to the pressure placed on our adversaries or
state and caliphate. This is impossible if ISIS leaders are con- the pace of the operation,” Air Forces Central Command officials
tinuously killed off, money and resources are not accessible, recently stated in an airpower summary. “As indigenous ground
governmental functions are nonexistent, and forces have to forces continue to make progress … intelligence and information
disperse and hide merely to survive. gathered enables the coalition to become increasingly effective.”
Two years ago, ISIS thugs marauded across north-central “We know it’s a brutal enemy,” Warren noted. ISIS “takes great
Iraq and Syria essentially unopposed. The US began air strikes pleasure in executions, beheadings, … and other assorted acts
and relief operations in August 2014. of barbarism and terror.”
The relief efforts were enormously successful and quickly The people of Iraq and Syria are now being freed from this
helped avert a major humanitarian disaster on Iraq’s Mount horror. “You can’t argue with 6,000 square kilometers liberated
Sinjar. And air strikes soon helped bring ISIS’ advance to a in the last month,” said Warren. It is an area roughly the size of
halt, buying time for the beleaguered and overwhelmed Iraqi Delaware. “You can’t argue with that as progress.”
forces to regroup, lick their wounds, and stand their ground. Imagine what’s possible with a large-scale boost in intelligence
What followed was seemingly months of US ambivalence flights and a commensurate increase in air strikes against ISIS
toward Inherent Resolve. targets, with closer coordination with indigenous forces. The
But ISIS has now quietly lost more than 40 percent of the results could improve geometrically, splintering and eradicating
territory it once controlled in Iraq and Syria, and coalition the remnants of a deadly and nefarious enemy.
forces continue to target its leadership, forces, facilities, and The sooner ISIS is eliminated as a functioning entity, the bet-
financial capabilities. During Phase Two against ISIS, Warren ter. Beyond the obvious humanitarian benefits, victory means
said, “we will enable our partners to dismantle the enemy, USAF will be able to return large numbers of airmen and equip-
fragment his forces, isolate his centers of gravity, and liberate ment home, allowing the force to recover, retrain, and rebuild
the territory he holds.” its strength.
The level of effort is still tepid when measured against Said Obama in April, ISIS’ “barbarism only stiffens our unity
historical precedents. and determination to wipe this vile terrorist organization off the
In some ways, the war against ISIS has borne more simi- face of the Earth.”
larity to 1999’s Operation Allied Force, fought to halt Serbian With the Administration now committed to defeating ISIS, it
murder and genocide in Kosovo, than to 1991’s Desert Storm is time to put significantly more metal into this fight and bring it
or 2003’s Iraqi Freedom. to an end once and for all. J
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To Coin a Phrase when he said the name was his—he those years and the price was high, with
The article “Horner’s Gulf War” [March, fought the three-star vs. four-star battle the priorities and oversight sometimes
p. 22] was a great recap of the air war and won! overwhelming. Burnout was frequent
in Desert Storm and it brought back a Lt. Col. Clifford R. Smith, and morale was always an issue. But we
lot of memories. Just one faux pas—the USAF (Ret.) always kept our sights on the product
term “tank plinking” came from me! I Olive Branch, Miss. with the fighter pilot in focus. And what
was one of the F-111 fraggers there a remarkable machine it is.
at Riyadh and I had to come up with The Invisible Pilot Thus the reward is in the product, and
a name for this type of mission. “Tank Thank you for a great F-22 article in your article verified the truly magnificent
plinking” seemed to fit, as it was akin to the March 2016 issue [“Critical Ingredi- F-22. After all the hardships, I am grati-
plinking turtles in a pond with a .22 rifle. ent in Short Supply,” p. 16]. fied knowing that the airplane is living
F-111s and F-15Es had practiced this Having been a fighter pilot and fighter up to the user’s expectations, and its
tactic just before the air war began by test pilot for over 20 years, when I retired performance is validated in combat. We
overflying the border region and seeing from USAF I was employed by Lockheed truly developed a fighter aircraft with
if they could pick out the tank positions Martin (then Lockheed) to work on the the fighter pilot in mind: He is largely
in their concealed “hides.” To tell the development of the F-22. This was during invisible and his situation awareness
truth, the thought of doing this for real the ’90s and early 2000s, and I eventually is comparable to a God’s eye view of
and dropping 500-pound laser guided worked my way up to the director level everything around him.
bombs (LGBs) seemed unrealistic, but as the chief of systems engineering. Thank you for your fine article which
when the mission became to attrit the This was one of the most arduous and was a great reward for the hundreds
Republican Guard tank strength before stressful periods of my life with no short- who persevered during the difficult
the ground war, “tank plinking” became age of problems, all related to the big developmental years.
the tactic. three: cost, schedule, or performance. Lt. Col. Johnny Johnson,
General Schwarzkopf was not happy After solving one problem, others always USAF (Ret.)
about the name as he considered it an loomed, with no light at the end of the Marietta, Ga.
affront to armor and we had to change tunnel. There was very little reward other
the name for a couple of days, but then than another problem to solve, which was Bad Battle
we went back to “tank plinking.” This is typical of all large development projects. Regardless of what General Westmore-
probably what General Horner meant Hundreds of people sacrificed through land claims, the battle at Khe Sanh,
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however heroic, should never have been escort missions, the Tuskegee Airmen
fought [“All Eyes on Khe Sanh,” March, “never lost a bomber,” when in fact at
p. 60]. A single death for a useless piece least 27 Tuskegee Airmen-escorted
of ground is never warranted. bombers were shot down by enemy
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be used or returned.—THE EDITORS felt liner shoe insert, were worn during Support the Total Air Force family and pro-
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was preferred by bomber and fighter
Senior Staff Changes
aircrew due to the warmth the boots
provided at high altitude. Unfortunately
during parachute bailouts the boots NOMINATIONS:
had a tendency to fall off due to their
To be Brigadier General: Mark A. Baird, Kenneth P. Ekman, Dennis Hunsicker, Clifford N.
loose fit and the high-speed shock of
James, Scott M. Lockwood, Robert A. Meyer Jr., Paul D. Nelson, Bradley C. Saltzman, Andrea
the parachute opening. D. Tullos, Craig D. Wills.
Col. Bill Malec,
USAF (Ret.) To be ANG Lieutenant General: Leon S. Rice.
O’Fallon, Ill.
To be ANG Major General: Mark H. Berry, Gregory S. Champagne.
Really appreciated and enjoyed [the] To be ANG Brigadier General: Tamhra L. Hutchins-Frye, James J. Keefe, Andrew E. Salas,
article on the “Red Tails.” As a member Daniel J. Swain.
of the 376th Bomb Group in ’44 and ’45,
To be AFRC General: Joseph L. Lengyel.
the sight of those red-tailed P-51s is
etched in my memory banks. To those To be AFRC Lieutenant General: Maryanne Miller.
“Red Tails” still living, thanks, guys!
Lindy Dragone To be AFRC Major General: Robert N. Polumbo.
Ludlow, Mass.
CHANGES: Brig. Gen. Mitchel H. Butikofer, from Dir., C3 & Cyber Sys., TRANSCOM, Scott AFB,
Ill., to Vice Cmdr., 24th AF, AFSPC, JBSA-Lackland, Texas … Brig. Gen. (sel.) Angela M. Cadwell,
Hypersonic History from Exec. Officer to Dep. Cmdr., EUCOM, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany, to Dir., C3 & Cyber Sys.,
“Hypersonic Weapons Come of Age” TRANSCOM, Scott AFB, Ill. … Brig. Gen. Christopher E. Craige, from Cmdr., 438th AEW, ACC,
(March, p. 47) gave credit to Antonio Kabul, Afghanistan, to Vice Cmdr., 3rd AF, USAFE, Ramstein AB, Germany … Brig. Gen. (sel.)
Alexus G. Grynkewich, from Chief, Integration & Planning, DCS, Strat. Plans & Rqmts., USAF,
Ferri for his “pioneering work” in sc-
Pentagon, to Vice Dep. Dir., Nuclear, Homeland Defense, Current Ops., Jt. Staff, Pentagon … Lt.
ramjet testing. In 2012 I was asked by Gen. Bradley A. Heithold, from Cmdr., AFSOC, Hurlburt Field, Fla., to Principal Dep. Dir., Cost
a former NATO Headquarters colleague, Assessment & Prgm. Eval., OSD, Pentagon … Brig. Gen. (sel.) Linda S. Hurry, from Cmdr., 635th
Brig. Gen. Arnaldo Ceccato (Italian Air Wg., AFMC, Scott AFB, Ill., to Dir., Expeditionary Spt., AF Instl. & Mission Spt. Center, JBSA-
Lackland, Texas … Brig. Gen. David J. Julazadeh, from Cmdr., 455th AEW, ACC, Bagram Airfield,
Force, retired), to represent USAF at
Afghanistan, to Dep. Dir., Ops., CENTCOM, MacDill AFB, Fla. … Brig. Gen. Kyle J. Kremer, from
a centenary ceremony honoring Dr.
Exec. Officer to the Cmdr., TRANSCOM, Scott AFB, Ill., to Dir., Manpower & Personnel, Jt. Staff,
Antonio Ferri. The event took place in Pentagon … Brig. Gen. David A. Krumm, from Vice Cmdr., 5th AF, PACAF, Yokota AB, Japan, to
the medieval city hall of Norcia, Italy. Spec. Asst. to the C/S, USAF, Pentagon … Gen. (sel.) Joseph L. Lengyel, from Vice Chief, Natl.
For all jet engine aviation enthusiasts Guard Bureau, Pentagon, to Chief, Natl. Guard Bureau, Pentagon … Brig. Gen. Bruce H. Mc-
Clintock, from Sr. Defense Official/Defense Attaché-Russia, EUCOM, DIA, US Embassy, Moscow,
it may be interesting to know a little
to Spec. Asst. to the Cmdr., AFSPC, Peterson AFB, Colo. … Lt. Gen. (sel.) Maryanne Miller, from
more of Ferri’s life. There are several Dep. to the Chief of AF Reserve, USAF, Pentagon, to Chief, AF Reserve, USAF, Pentagon …
sources for his story which together Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Murphy, from Vice Cmdr., 24th AF, AFSPC, JBSA-Lackland, Texas, to Dep.
make interesting reading. From 1937 Dir., C4/Cyber, Jt. Staff, Pentagon … Brig. Gen. Stephen W. Oliver Jr., from Dep. Dir., Strategy,
Plans, & Prgms., AFRICOM, Stuttgart-Mohringen, Germany, to Vice Cmdr., USAF Expedition-
Ferri had been doing research on high-
ary Center, AMC, JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. … Lt. Gen. (sel.) L. Scott Rice, from Adjutant
speed aerodynamics at Guidonia, near
General, Massachusetts Natl. Guard, Hanscom AFB, Mass., to Dir., ANG, Natl. Guard Bureau,
Rome. His work in the area of super- Pentagon … Brig. Gen. (sel.) Bradley C. Saltzman, from Exec. Officer, AFSPC, Peterson AFB,
sonic wind tunnels was well-noted at Colo., to Dir., Future Ops., DCS, Ops., USAF, Pentagon … Brig. Gen. (sel.) James R. Sears Jr.,
the time. When the Germans occupied from Dir., Assignments & Air Expeditionary Force Ops., AFPC, JBSA-Randolph, Texas, to Cmdr.,
455th AEW, ACC, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan … Maj. Gen. (sel.) Bradley D. Spacy, from Dir.,
Rome in September 1943 he was able to
Expeditionary Spt., AF Instl. & Mission Spt. Center, AFMC, JBSA-Lackland, Texas, to Cmdr., AF
destroy vital equipment at the Guidonia Instl. & Mission Spt. Center, AFMC, JBSA-Lackland, Texas … Brig. Gen. (sel.) Andrea D. Tullos,
facility, taking some important research from 42nd ABW, AETC, Maxwell AFB, Ala., to Dir. of Security Forces, DCS, Log., Engineering,
documents with him. He and his brother & Force Protection, USAF, Pentagon … Brig. Gen. Mark E. Weatherington, from Dep. Dir., C4/
Cyber, Jt. Staff, Pentagon, to Dir., Cyberspace Ops., NORAD, NORTHCOM, Peterson AFB, Colo.
… Lt. Gen. Marshall B. Webb, from Cmdr., NATO Spec. Ops., SHAPE, Mons, Belgium, to Cmdr.,
Index to Advertisers AFSOC, Hurlburt Field, Fla. … Maj. Gen. Scott D. West, from Cmdr., 9th Air & Space Expeditionary
Task Force-Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, to Dir., Current Ops., DCS, Ops., USAF, Pentagon
… Brig. Gen. (sel.) Michael P. Winkler, from Cmdr., 354th FW, PACAF, Eielson AFB, Alaska, to
Atlas.........................................................143
Vice Cmdr., 5th AF, PACAF, Yokota AB, Japan.
Boeing...............................................Cover II
General Atomics.................................Cover III
Lifelock......................................................125 SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE CHANGES: Darlene J. Costello, to Principal Dep. Asst. Secy.,
Mercer.......................................................135 Acq. & Log., OSAF, Pentagon … Daniel S. Goddard, to Dir., Info., AFRL, AFMC, Rome, N.Y. … Kelly
Nissan...........................................................5 D. Hammett, to Dir., Directed Energy, AFRL, AFMC, Kirtland AFB, N.M. … Richard W. Lombardi,
Pratt& Whitney...........................................15 to Spec. Asst. for the Invisible Wounds Initiative, Office of the Undersecretary of the Air Force,
USAA...........................................3, Cover IV Pentagon. J
AFA 70th Anniversary .......................147, 149 Giu seppe then organized partisans. In lems for USAF fighter aircraft engines.
AFA CyberPatriot......................................139
AFA Hangar Store...................................147 1944 Antonio was sought out by the Ferri was the author of “Elements of
AFA Hotels................................................142 OSS as a significant scientist. He was Supersonic Aerodynamics,” published
AFA Planned Giving ...............................151
subsequently brought to the United in 1949. His later contributions centered
AFA Member Benefits...............................39
AFA Pet Insurance ...................................140 States where he continued his work at on hypersonic flight.
AFA Resume Service................................ 142 the Langley Research Center, Hampton, Lt. Col. Richard E. Buys,
Air, Space, & Cyber Conference.............21
Va., making valuable contributions to USAF (Ret.)
Budget Rental Cars.....................................6
Eknowledge..............................................140 resolving supersonic combustion prob- Erie, Pa.
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