Reserve Officers Association

Air Force Reserve Defensive Systems
Resolution No. 10-11

WHEREAS, the Air Force Reserve conducts 60% of the Air Force’s Aeromedical Evacuation Missions, 46% of the Strategic Airlift, 23% of aerial refueling, and 21% of intra theater airlift; and,

WHEREAS, the Air National Guard conducts 32% of aerial refueling, and 36% of Airlift missions; and,

WHEREAS, Air Reserve Component mobility aircraft, operate worldwide in support of the Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) deployed United States forces and various contingencies, all of which are in range of the low to medium infrared missiles threat; and,

WHEREAS, a significant portion of their missions is flown in areas where one of the primary threats encountered is a widely proliferated array of shoulder-fired infrared missiles; and,

WHEREAS, modernization of the defensive countermeasure systems on the aircraft supporting these missions will greatly increase combat capability and survivability; and,

WHEREAS, the Air Reserve Component Leadership supports the modernization of defensive systems as a top priority to fulfill combat requirements; and,

WHEREAS, equitable defensive capabilities are necessary across the total force’s equipment inventory to ensure seamless integration of the Reserve Components in the fight; and,

WHEREAS, currently fielded defensive systems are not installed in any of the KC-10s or KC-135 aerial refueling tankers to protect the aircraft from current and future infrared threats; and

WHEREAS, the Air Reserve Component aerial refuelling tankers are to be tasked to operate in environments of increasing levels of infrared missile threat complexity and lethality;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Reserve Officers Association of the United States, chartered by Congress, urge the Congress to authorize and appropriate funds over several years to enhance the defensive capabilities of the Air Reserve Components’ mobility aircraft as a multi-year acquisition program.

Adopted by ROA National Convention 10 February 2010
Rewritten by ROA Headquarters - DS

Approved as 08-14 by the ROA National Convention 28 June 2008
Renewed by the ROA National Convention 30 July 2005


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