The Air National Guard has delayed personnel changes in Alaska that could have threatened national security and civilian rescue missions. The guard is delaying until September 2025 to make any changes while it studies the issue further.
FILE - In this photo provided by the Alaska National Guard, an F-22 Raptor jet fighter prepares to hook up to an Alaska Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker, from the 168th Air Refueling Wing, to conduct in-air refueling over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex during their fighter/bomber exercises May 1, 2014. The Air National Guard has delayed personnel changes in Alaska until Sept. 2025, that could have threatened national security and civilian rescue missions.
Alaska was slated to convert 80 of the highly paid Active Guard and Reserve members — who are essentially the equivalent of full-time active-duty military — to dual status tech positions, a classification with lower wages, less appealing benefits and different duties. The Alaska guard also said its ability to fly refueling tankers to accompany U.S. and Canadian fighter jets when they intercept Russian bombers that come close to Alaska or Canada would be greatly curtailed.
If the staff conversions went through, the guard estimated the number of rescues would drop to about 50 a year.
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