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910th team highlights air wing, YARS capabilities to AF commission

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  • By Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.
  • 910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Office
YOUNGSTOWN AIR RESERVE STATION, Ohio --  Members of the 910th Airlift Wing, based here, provided statements to the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force (NCASF) at a hearing at the Ohio statehouse in Columbus, July 30, 2013. A group from the 910th also met with members of NCASF as the commission toured Mansfield-Lahm Air National Guard Base (ANGB), Ohio, July 31, 2013.

The team of Citizen Airmen from the 910th highlighted the capabilities of the wing and Youngstown Air Reserve Station during the meetings with the commission.
 
The NCASF was formed to conduct a comprehensive study of the structure of the Air Force to determine whether, and how, the structure should be modified to best fulfill current and anticipated mission requirements for the Air Force consistent with available resources.

To date, the NCASF has visited the following Air Force installations: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.; Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio; Springfield Air National Guard Base, Ohio; Rickenbacker ANGB, Ohio; Mansfield ANGB, Ohio; Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. And Barksdale AFB, La.

Additionally, The NCASF is scheduled to visit the following Air Force installations on the following dates: Tinker AFB, Okla. on Aug. 20; Pease ANGB, N.H. and Westover AFB, Mass. on Sept. 5; Burlington ANGB, Vt. on Sept. 6; Camp Smith/Hickam Field, Hawaii on Sept. 22-23 and Beale AFB, Calif. on Sept. 26, 2013.

During their visits at each location, the commission will tour facilities, hear mission briefings and meet Airmen at wing, group and squadron levels. Also, the commission will hold off-base hearings with state and local community leaders as well as members of the public.

The commission is led by the Honorable Dennis M. McCarthy, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant general and the previous assistant secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs at the Pentagon. The vice chair is the Honorable Erin Conaton, a former undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and previous undersecretary of the Air Force.
 
Other members of the commission include: F. Whitten Peters, former secretary of the Air Force; Les Brownlee, former acting secretary of the Army; retired Air Force Gen. Raymond Johns Jr., previous commander of Air Mobility Command; retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Harry M. "Bud" Wyatt III, previous director of Air National Guard; Dr. Janine Davidson was a deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Plans, and Dr. Margaret C. Harrell is the director of the Army Health Program at the RAND Corporation.

For further information about the NCSAF, Mrs.Marcia Moore, Designated Federal Officer, National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force, 1950 Defense Pentagon, Room 3A874, Washington, DC 20301-1950. Email: dfoafstrucomm@osd.mil. Desk: (703) 545-9113. Fax: (703) 692-5625.

U.S. Air Force photos by Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.
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