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Reserve to inactivate combat logistics support squadrons

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  • By By 1st Lt. Matthew Fuller
  • Air Force Reserve Command Public Affairs
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --  Air Force Reserve Command will inactivate all of its combat logistics support squadrons by Oct. 1 as part of a force structure realignment.

Scheduled to disband are the 419th CLSS at Hill AFB, Utah; 433rd CLSS at Lackland AFB, Texas; 445th CLSS at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio; 507th CLSS at Tinker AFB, Okla.; and 622nd CLSS at Robins AFB. These inactivations will affect more than 650 job authorizations throughout the command.

CLSS reservists train to perform worldwide aircraft battle damage repair, combat supply and packaging operations. If mobilized for war, they would become part of Air Force Materiel Command.

“These are valuable people we want to keep because of their vast amounts of experience and maintenance skills,” said Lt. Col. John Rocchio, deputy chief of programs in Headquarters AFRC’s plans and programs directorate. “We are trying to make this as easy as possible for them while at the same time keep the Air Force Reserve as an evolving and relevant part of the Future Total Force.”

Command planners are evaluating ways to transfer squadron manpower into other units. This change will ensure that the military is employing its forces in the most efficient way possible.

Colonel Rocchio said affected reservists may have to commute longer distances than they are accustomed to in order to serve in the Air Force Reserve.