{"id":33876,"date":"2023-11-30T17:13:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T17:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/11\/30\/lawmakers-urge-air-force-to-shift-fighters-to-guard-reserve-squadrons\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:59:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:59:52","slug":"lawmakers-urge-air-force-to-shift-fighters-to-guard-reserve-squadrons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2023\/11\/30\/lawmakers-urge-air-force-to-shift-fighters-to-guard-reserve-squadrons\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers urge Air Force to shift fighters to guard, reserve squadrons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Thursday urged the Air Force to temporarily shift some of its fighters from active-duty units to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/08\/20\/here-are-the-air-national-guard-bases-that-will-get-the-f-35-f-15ex\/\" target=\"_blank\">guard and reserve squadrons to maintain balance<\/a> as the service retires older air frames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter, which was signed by 16 senators and 27 representatives, asks Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall to consider a concept called \u201cfleet leveling\u201d as a temporary solution to ensure the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve does not lose some of its fighter squadrons or experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAbsent intervention, the ANG is slated to lose two fighter missions in the next [few] years or will be forced to continue operating with older models,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2023\/07\/13\/new-ndaa-amendment-would-add-two-more-f-15exs-for-air-guard-in-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reps. John James, R-Mich.<\/a> and Don Bacon, R-Neb., and Sens. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., were the lead lawmakers on the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force is in the process of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2023\/03\/09\/us-air-force-wants-to-retire-all-a-10s-by-2029\/\" target=\"_blank\">retiring its fleet of rugged but aging A-10 Warthog<\/a> attack aircraft by the end of this decade. Two guard squadrons will lose their A-10s in the process \u2014 the 107th Fighter Squadron at Michigan\u2019s Selfridge Air National Guard Base, which is in James\u2019s district, in 2027 and the 104th Fighter Squadron at Maryland\u2019s Warfield Air National Guard Base in 2025 \u2014 but the Air Force has not yet identified an aircraft to replace them. Many of the lawmakers who signed the letter represent states or districts that could be affected by the retirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the Warthogs there retire before a replacement fighter is found, James and the other lawmakers worry the squadrons at Selfridge and Warfield would lose their missions and lead to a loss of experienced, \u201ccombat-proven,\u201d and hard-to-replace pilots, maintainers and support personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other signatories to the letter include Reps. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Debbie Dingell, R-Mich., and Lisa McClain, R-Mich., as well as Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Ben Cardin, D-Md., and John Kennedy, R-La.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force has for years struggled to train and keep enough pilots and maintainers, and the lawmakers worry the problem could be exacerbated if these guard squadrons lose their Warthogs without a replacement mission. This would force the service to spend significant amounts of money and effort training replacements, they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt takes more than a decade to produce an experienced fighter pilot,\u201d they wrote. \u201cUnlike the active component, closing [a guard or reserve] fighter squadron results in the permanent loss of hundreds of deeply experienced personnel. That experience, and the millions of taxpayer dollars invested to train them, are lost forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fleet leveling would be a \u201cstopgap measure\u201d to maintain the guard and reserves\u2019 combat capacity while industry builds more fighters to replace the retiring jets, lawmakers said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A temporary shift of fighters could also help reinforce other guard squadrons that fly older and outdated F-16s and F-15Cs, the lawmakers said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShould these pilots be called to service at the request of combatant commanders or our military at large, fleet leveling will ensure that these pilots are ready and able to answer the call,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air National Guard director Lt. Gen. Michael Loh has also backed leveling the fighter fleet to strike a more even balance of jets across the service\u2019s components. During a panel at the September 2022 Air Space Cyber conference hosted by the Air and Space Forces Association, Loh pointed out that the guard makes up 27% of the service\u2019s fighter force, yet it has less than 7% of the service\u2019s F-35s and less 11% of its F-22s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRight now, there\u2019s huge pressure on the fighter fleet, and we\u2019re at a capability and a capacity issue,\u201d Loh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-10\/AFA%27s%20Air%2C%20Space%20%26%20Cyber%20Secret%20Weapons%20Guard%20%26%20Reserve.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">said at the 2022 AFA<\/a>. \u201cHow do we get after that? Level the fleet. \u2026 We\u2019re sitting on A-10s, F-15Cs, [older] F-16s, both [the guard and reserve]. We need a strong, healthy recapitalization plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noah Sadler, a spokesman for James, said the congressman is trying to bring Boeing-made F-15EX Eagle II jets to Selfridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An amendment to the House\u2019s version of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which was proposed by James in July, would require the Air Force to buy two more F-15EXs and send them to a guard base without a replacement for its retiring Warthogs. 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