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FOREWORD This is the seventh edition of the USAF Summary. It provides fiscal year 1980 actual data, revised estimates for fiscal year 1981, and information for fiscal year 1982 based on the President's FY 1982 budget submission to Congress in January 1981. The USAF Summary is compiled and published by the Directorate of Cost ~ and Management Analysis, Comptroller of the Air Force. Air Staff offices provide current information for each update. The office of origin indicated on individual pages should be contacted if further information is required. Comments or suggestions on the USAF Summary are most welcome. If you have any suggestions on information that should be added or deleted in iuture editions, please contact HQ USAF/ACMM, 697-6634 (Autovon 227-6634). i / TABLE OF CONTENTS FINANCIAL FIN TIllE PASE NO. Federal Budget Trends .................•....................................... 1 Federal Budget Receipts and Outlays ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2 Comparative Financial Statistics 3 Total DOD Outlay s ...........•...•....•.•..........•...•..•...•.••••......•.... 4 Total DOD Outlays and Total Obligation Authority by Military Department ••••••• 5 DOD and Air Force Current and Constant.Do11ar Total Obligational Authority •••• 6 Air Force Outlays Fiscal Years 1970-1982 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 7 Air Force Total Obligational Authority by Major Force Program and Appropriation 8 Pay Increases and Price Indices 9 PERSONNEL PERS -TilLE PAGE NO. DODPersonnel Trends 1 Air Force Personnel Comparisons •...........................•..........•.....•. 2 Air Force Manpower by Major Force Program ..................................... 3 Air Force Manpower by Functional Area and by Command .......................... 4 Air Force Personnel Assigned Strength by Command .............................. 5 Air Force Major Installations Authorized Strength by State .................... 9 Reserve and Air National Guard Forces •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 11 Family Housing Trends (Fiscal Years 1974-1980) ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 12 Rated Officer Requirements and Inventory ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 14 Rated Officers on Flying Status , . 15 Air Force Military Personnel Minorities by Grade ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 16 Air Force Military Personnel Females by Grade •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 17 Air Force Military Personnel Airmen Enlistments and Reenlistments ••••••• ,•••• 18 Military Pay and Allowances (Air Force - Average) •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 19 Air Force Average Annual Pay Rates 1970-1981 ................................. 20 Military Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services (Current) •••••••••••••• 21 Civilian Pay Schedule (Current) . 24 i / TABLE OftONTENTS PERSONNEL (CONT'D) PERS TIllE P,AGE NO. Schedule of Permanent Air Force Positions .................................. 25 Air Force Military Retirement Program ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 26 Air Force Retired Military Personnel by Type of Retirement ••••••••••••••••• 27 Department of Defense and Air Force Costs of Retired Pay ••••••••••••••••••• 28 Annual Air Force Courts-Martial and Article 15 Activity •••••••••••••••••••• 29 FORCES FOR TIllE PAGE. NO. Summary of Active Air Force Installations •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1 Air Force Major Installations (Continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii) 2 Air Force Major Installations (Overseas: Europe, Africa, Middle East) •••••• 3 Air Force Major Installations (Overseas: Atlantic, Central America, Pacific) 4 Air Force Aircraft Active Inventory 5 Air Force Aircraft Inventory Trends ..•...............•......•.............. 6 Air Force Aircraft Active Inventory and Aircraft Aging Inventory........... 7 Age of Active Forces Aircraft 8 Age of Air Reserve and Air National Guard Forces Aircraft •••••••••••••••••• 9 Age of Air Force Strategic Missiles and Drones ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 10 Selected Regular Air Force Combat Squadrons •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 11 Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard Combat Squadrons •••••••••••••••••• 12 Selected Aircraft Mission Capability Rates ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 13 Air Force Mishap Rates .......................................•............. 16 Air Force Active, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Flying Hours Vs Supporting Aviation Fuel 17 Aircraft Cost Per Flying Hour (Planning, Programming and Budgeting Cost Fac tors) 18 Air Force Procurement Programs by Fiscal Year of Funding (Aircraft and Missiles) 19 Major Weapons Acquisition Current Estimates •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 20 if TABLE OF CONTENTS ECONOMIC TRENDS ECON TIllE 1 PAGEio. Historical Inflation Indices 1 Estimated Gross National Products at Market Prices (International) ••••••••••• 2 Defense Expenditures as a Share of Gross National Product (International) •••• 3 Economic Profile: United States - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - 1979 4 Economic Profile: United -States 5 Economic Profile: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ••••••••••••••••••••••• 6 Primary Energy Production 7 Prim.ary Ener ..gy Consumption ...•..•.......•.......•..•......................... 8 Crude Oil Refining Capacity 9 Production of Crude Oil 10 Proved and Probable Reserves of Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal Year End 1979 11 Minerals, Imports as a Share of Consumption 1979 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 12 United States Military Deliveries in Less Developed Countries by Recipient ••• 13 SELECTED ACQUISITION REPORTS SAh TITLE PAGE ,NO. A-IO and AIM-7M Program Cost ........•......... ......•..............•........ 1 AIM-9M and ALCMProgram Cost •••••• '•••• '•...••• '. • • • . • . • . • • . • . • . • . • 2 DSCS III (Space Segment) and E-3A Program Cost ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 E-4 and EF-I11A Program Cost .......................•..................••..... 4 F-15 and F-16 Program Cost .......................•........................... 5 GLCM and IR Maverick (AGM-65D) Program Cost ••••••••••••••• ~ •••••••••••••••••• 6 NAVSTAR GPS and PLSS Program Cost •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 7 REFERENCE DATA REF TIllE PAGE'NO. Office of Management and Budget (Executive Office of the President) •••••••••• 1 Senate Appropriations Comm.ittee ...............................•.............. 2 House Appropriations Connnittee ................•.............................. 3 iii TABLE OF tONTENTS REFERENCE DATA [CONT'D) REf TITLE P AGE NO. Senate Armed Services Committee ............................................. 4 House Armed Services Committee .....•...•..•..•....•..•...•.•.•••.•.••...••.• 6 Senate and House Budget Committees ....•.•.•..••....•.•....•..••...•...•..... 9 Office of the Secretary of the Air Force Key Personnel •••••••••••••••••••••• 10 Air Staf f Key Personnel ..•.........•....•....•...... ..•..•.... e............ 11 Major Air Commands and Separate Operating Agencies Major Organizational Command er s ..••••••.••••••.•••••••••••••.••••••.••.•••••••.•.•••••••••. 13 iv AF / ACVJ:l/7 6634 FIN 1 FEDERAL BUDGET TRENDS (DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN BILLIONS) Cross Current Pr ices Constant (FY72) Prices Fiscal National Budget Receipts Budget Outlays National Non- National Non- Year Product ~ % GNP Amount % GNP Outlays Defense ~ Outlays Defense Defense 1964 618.4 112.7 18.2 118.6 19.2 118.6 51.5 67.1 176.6 77.0 99.6 1965 660.5 116.8 17.7 118.4 17.9 118.4 47.5 71. 0 173.0 69.3 103.7 1966 725.5 130.9 18.0 134.7 18.6 134.7 54.9 79.8 188.1 76.6 111.5 1967 776.2 149.6 19.3 158.3 20.4 158.3 68.2 90.0 212.3 92.3 119.9 1968 834.4 153.7 18.4 178.8 21.4 178.8 78.8 100.1 229.8 101. 7 128.1 1969 911.0 187.8 20.6 184.5 20.3 184.5 79.4 105.1 223.3 98.1 125.2 1970 968.9 193.7 20.0 196.6 20.3 196.6 78.6 118.0 220.6 90.3 130.3 1971 1,032.7 188.4 18.2 211.4 20.5 211.4 75.8 135.6 223.3 81.5 141.8 1972 1,126.6 208.6 18.5 232.0 20.6 232.0 76.6 155.5 232.0 76.6 155.5 1973 1,255.2 232.2 18.5 247.1 19.7 247.1 74.5 172.5 233.3 69.9 163.4 .. 1974 1,381. 5 264.9 19.2 269.6 19.5 269.6 77.8 191.8 232.9 68.1 164.7 1975 1,480.5 281.0 19.0 326.2 22.0 326.2 85.6 240.6 255.4 68.4 187.0 1976 1,642.7 300.0 18.3 366.4 22.3 366.4 89.4 277 .0 268.4 66.9 201. 6 1977 1,864.0 357.8 19.2 402.7 21. 6 402.7 97.5 305.2 273.9 67.3 206.6 1978 2,085.3 402.0 19.3 450.8 21.6 450.8 105.2 345.6 284.4 67.5 216.9 1979 2,357.8 465.9 19.8 493.6 20.9 493.6 117.7 376.0 282.6 70.1 212.5 1980 2,567.5 520.0 20.3 579.6 22.6 579.6 135.9 443.8 294.9 72.5 222.4 1981(Est) 2,843.7 607.5 21.4 662.7 23.3 662.7 161.1 501.7 297.3 77.0 220.3 1982(Est) 3,214.8 711.8 22.1 739.3 23.0 739.3 184.4 554.9 300.3 80.4 219.8 Source: The U.S. Budget in Brief FY 1982. RECEIPTS & OUTLAYS AS % OF GNP PERCENT 25l _--_ ¥ OUTLAYS "'----- / / _._-_ __ .r..'" 20 -} .... _ / ~ RECEIPTS 15 10 5 o FY 12 13 14 15 1& 11 11 19 BO B1 B2 AF /ACMM/7 6631, FI~ 0 FEDERAL BUDGET RECEIPTS AND OUTLAYS BY SOURCE AND FUNCTION n BILLIONSI Fiscal Year 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1 Qfl? (Est) (Est) RECEIPTS BY SOURCE Individual Income Taxes 94.7 103.2 119.0 122.4 131. 6 157.6 181.0 217.8 244.1 284.0 331.7 Corporation Income Taxes 32.2 36.2 38.6 40.6 41.4 54.9 60.0 65.7 64.6 66.0 64.6 Social Insurance Taxes & Contributions 53.9 64.5 76.8 86.4 92.7 108.7 123.4 141.6 160.7 184.8 214.7 Excise Taxes 15.5 16.3 16.8 16.6 17.0 17.5 18.4 18.7 24.3 44.4 69.6 Other 12.3 12.0 13.7 15.0 17.3 19.0 19.3 22.0 26.3 28.2 31.2 TOTAL RECEIPTS 208.6 232.2 264.9 281.0 300.0 357.8 402.0 465.9 520.0 607.5 711.8 OUTLAYS BY FUNCTION National Defense 76.6 74.5 77 .8 85.6 89.4 97.5 105.2 117.7 135.9 161.1 184.4 Income Security 63.9 73.0 84.4 108.6 127.4 137.9 146.2 160.2 193.1 231. 6 255.0 Health & Education 30.0 31. 5 34.4 43.5 52.1 59.8 70.2 79.3 89.0 97.8 109.1 Interest 20.6 22.8 28.0 30.9 34.5 38.0 44.0 52.6 64.5 80.4 89.9 Other 49.0 57.6 61.7 71.7 77.7 84.6 101.0 102.3 119.0 119.6 132.8 Offsetting Receipts - 8.1 -12.3 -16.7 -14.1 -14.7 -15.1 -15.8 -18.5 -21.9 -27.8 -31.
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    307th AIR REFUELING SQUADRON MISSION LINEAGE 307th Air Refueling Squadron, Medium constituted, 5 May 1950 Activated, 16 Jun 1950 Inactivated, 18 Nov 1953 Activated, 18 May 1954 Discontinued and inactivated, 25 Jun 1966 Redesignated 307th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy Activated, 1 Oct 1985 Inactivated, 1 Aug 1990 STATIONS MacDill AFB, FL, 16 Jun 1950 Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 16 Sep 1950 Walker AFB, NM, 1 Aug 1951 Bergstrom AFB, TX, 2 Feb 1953-18 Nov 1953 Maxwell AFB, AL, 18 May 1954 Lincoln AFB, NE, 8 Nov 1954 Selfridge AFB, MI, 1 Jun 1960-25 Jun 1966 K.I. Sawyer AFB, MI, 30 Sep 1985-1 Aug 1990 DEPLOYED STATIONS Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, 16-28 Sep 1950 Goose AB, Labrador, 9 Apr-21 May 1955 Greenham Common, England, 12 Jul 1956-7 Oct 1956 Thule AB, Greenland, 2 Jul-3 Oct 1957 Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, 1 Oct 1958-9 Jan 1959 Lajes AB, Azores, 4 Jul-5 Oct 1959 Lajes AB, Azores, 17 Apr-2 Aug 1962 Dow AFB, ME, 26 Jul-5 Oct 1963 Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, 5 Oct-Dec 1963 ASSIGNMENTS 307th Bombardment Group, Medium, 307th Bombardment Wing, Medium, 16 Jun 1952 42nd Air Division, 1 Jul-18 Nov 1953 Second Air Force, 18 May 1954 307th Bombardment Wing, Medium, 8 Nov 1954 4045th Air Refueling Wing, 1 Jun 1960 500th Air Refueling Wing, 1 Jan 1963 40th Air Division, 15 Dec 1964-25 Jun 1966 ATTACHMENTS 307th Bombardment Wing, Medium, 1 Aug-15 Sep 1950 43rd Bombardment Group, Medium, 16 Sep 1950-31 Jul 1951 5th Bombardment Wing, Medium, 1 Aug 1951-31 Jul 1951 47th Air Division, 16 Jun 1952-1 Feb 1953 42nd Air Division, 2 Feb-16 Jun 1953
  • 321St Bombardment Group Squadron War Diaries

    321St Bombardment Group Squadron War Diaries

    12th Air Force, 57th Bombardment Wing 321st Bombardment Group History: April 1944 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For my dad, Colonel John “Jack” Fitzgerald, U.S. Army (deceased) “Lil Butch” John T. Fitzgerald, SMSgt, U.S. Air Force (retired) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12th Air Force, 57th Bombardment Wing 321st Bombardment Group History: April 1944 The following is a compilation of the 321st Bomb Group’s Headquarters and individual Squadron War Diaries. They have been transcribed word for word, from the Squadron Histories provided by the Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA), Maxwell Air Force Base Alabama. At the end of each Squadron’s daily entry, the individuals cited in the entry are identified by full name, rank and duty, in alphabetical order. The day’s entry begins with the Tactical Operations Statement, from the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Chronology, for the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO). The history also includes mission reports, mission crew rosters, Missing Air Crew Reports (MACR), personal mission logs, journals, and diaries made available by various sources. Invitation Anyone who has documentation pertaining to the 321st Bomb Group or its members, and would like to have it included in this history, is welcome to participate. Copies of: photos (official or personal); orders (promotion, decoration, travel, etc.); Mission Reports; Missing Air Crew Reports; personal diaries, logs, journals, etc; other documentation; or information that will help identify hi-lited individuals will be greatly appreciated, as one of my goals is to correctly identify every man and plane assigned to the 321st Bomb Group. My only interest in this project is to honor those who served by perpetuating their story, and making it available for future generations, particularly the families and friends of our Great Heroes.