Defense budget proposal affects Air Force Reserve units
The Department of Defense budget request for fiscal 2015 includes a number of proposed changes for the Air Force Reserve including creation of a classic B-1 bomber group at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. If enacted into law, the DOD budget request would increase the number of Reserve fighter wings equipped with F-16 fighters, increase the number of Reserve KC-135 tankers, inactivate the Reserve airlift wing at Pope Field, N.C., retire the A-10 fighters, and inactivate the Reserve's E-3 AWACS classic associate group. (U.S. Air Force file photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Ebensberger)