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Author: | rickusn [ 01 Apr 2006, 20:22 ] |
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The 2005 USAF Almanac staes that as of sept 30 2004 there were 45 Active fighter squadrons but I come up with 47. Where am I going wrong? 11 F-15C/F/A 22 6 F-15E(plus two training 333rd & 334th) 20 F-16 8 A-10 2 F-117 Thanks for any help. Rick Edited by - rickusn on Apr 01 2006 7:23 PM |
Author: | fenderstrat72 [ 02 Apr 2006, 02:54 ] |
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It might be bette if you broke your numbers futher. Fender "Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it." George Bernard Shaw |
Author: | rickusn [ 02 Apr 2006, 06:15 ] |
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I can do that: A-10(8) 51st FW S. Korea 25th FS 354th FW Alaska 355th FS 52nd FW Germany 81st FS 23rd FG N. Carolina 74th FS 75th FS 355th Wing Arizona 354th FS 357th FS 358th FS F-117(2) 49th FW New Mexico 8th FS 9th FS F-15E(6) 3rd Wing Alaska 90th FS 52nd Wing UK 492nd FS 494th FS 4th FW N.Carolina 335th FS 336th FS 366th Wing Idaho 391st FS F-15C/F/A 22(11) 18th Wing Japan 44th FS 67th FS 3d Wing Alaska 12th FS 19th FS 48th FW UK 493rd FS 1st FW Virginia 27th FS 71st FS 94th FS 33rd FW Florida 58th FS 60th FS 366th Wing Idaho 390th FS F-16(20) 35th FW Japan 13th FS 14th FS 8th FW S. Korea 35th FS 80th FS 51st FW S. Korea 36th FS 354th FW Alaska 18th FS 52nd FW Germany 22nd FS 23rd FS 31st FW Italy 510th FS 555th FS 20th FW S. Carolina 55th FS 77th FS 79th FS 27th FW New Mexico 522nd FS 523rd FS 524th FS 366th FW Idaho 389th FS 388th FW Utah 4th FS 34th FS 421st FS Thanks again for any help. Rick Edited by - rickusn on Apr 02 2006 05:17 AM |
Author: | rickusn [ 02 Apr 2006, 07:18 ] |
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I found this: "Section 911 also would require the Air Force to maintain 46 fighter squadrons in its active force. Currently, the Air Force has 45 active squadrons. It plans to add one squadron of F/A-22 aircraft in 2004 and retire one squadron of A-10 aircraft, sustaining a force of 45 squadrons. CBO assumes that the Air Force would retain the A-10 squadron over the 2004-2008 period to meet the bill's requirement to maintain 46 active squadrons. CBO estimates that the cost to keep the A-10 squadron in active service would be about $100 million over the 2004-2008 period." It explains the drop to 45 squadrons but I still have one squadron too many. |
Author: | rickusn [ 27 Apr 2006, 16:48 ] |
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Got this back from AFA. The correction was due to my error. And not that of the source material I used.: Rick Smith, I apologize for this delay in responding to your e-mail of April 7 to Chequita Wood on the correct number of USAF (fighter) squadrons for AIR FORCE Magazine’s USAF Almanac. Your e-mail got forwarded to me, the May USAF Almanac Editor. I ran your message through Public Affairs, who came back to me yesterday with the reply: YOU ARE CORRECT! The only slight modification they offered was that the F-15E Fighter Wing at Lakenheath is the 48th, not the 52nd. So, first, many, many thanks for raising this with us. And although this information came too late to make any corrections to the May 2006 USAF Almanac, which is now at the printer’s (and has been for the last week or so), I am making a note of this for my file on May 2007 so I will be sure to correct this for next year. Also, I will correct the previous year tallys to accurately reflect this correct number. I am also keeping your squadron list so we can tally this unit by unit for next year. As editor of the USAF Almanac, I greatly appreciate your painstaking research and thoroughness. I will tell you that each year, I submit this and the other tables to USAF for checking and updating, and it is a little discouraging to learn that they did not catch this error themselves. So it makes it all the more vital that I hear from folks like you, especially when you kindly supply the itemized listing of each squadron, and thus provide me the opportunity to make corrections. Thank you! Best Regards, Tam Mehuron Associate Editor AIR FORCE Magazine Tmehuron@afa.org |
Author: | fenderstrat72 [ 28 Apr 2006, 09:04 ] |
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Good work. Fender "Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it." George Bernard Shaw |
Author: | rickusn [ 28 Apr 2006, 15:25 ] |
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Well actually I have cleared up the discrepancy and have Emailed the following to AFA: After further review I have come to the conclusion that there are only 45 active squadrons. Which would make you "CORRECT" and not I. The 357th and 358th A-10 squadrons are classed as operational training squadrons the same as the 333rd and 334th F-15E squadrons are. I based my conclusion partially on this along with the above facts. : FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 SQUADRONS F-15 11 11 11 A-10 6 6 6 F-16 23 21 21 F-15E 6 6 6 F-117 2 2 2 Total 46 We know that one F-16 squadron(the 78th FS) was deactivated in 2003 to bring our total to 45. If we are to include the two A-10 operational training squadrons to be consistent we would have to include the two F-15E training squadrons as they perform the same function. Sorry for any confusion and wasting your time.. Edited by - rickusn on Apr 28 2006 14:37 |
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