Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1975, Hearings Before ..., 93-2

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Page 132 - Force such as the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 540 reimbursable personnel serving in Federal agencies outside the Department of Defense.
Page 286 - AAC's portion of the control and warning system provides atmospheric radar surveillance of the 586,000 square miles of Alaska.
Page 287 - MAJOR FORCE PROGRAM II GENERAL PURPOSE FORCES Air Force General Purpose Forces consist primarily of the Tactical Air Command, Pacific Air Forces and United States Air Forces Europe. Tactical Air Forces provide air superiority, tactical nuclear, interdiction, close air support, and reconnaissance missions in theaters of operations.
Page 280 - Appropriation finance the day-to-day operating costs of the active Air Force. The resources are for the manpower, material and services required for the programmed forces to insure they are combat ready.
Page 128 - Rescue activities; support to Defense agencies such as Defense Investigative Service, Defense Communications Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, and National Security Agency; and other miscellaneous activities. Support is rendered to all Air Force commands and at the National level. The overall 10% reduction is distributed throughout the program, with the larger reductions In Intelligence and communications activities.
Page 294 - Also included are production activities of reconnaissance technical units, scientific and technical exploitation and dissemination, and general support provided by the Intelligence Data Handling System (IDHS).
Page 124 - ICBM maintenance, comptroller, transportation, civil engineering, technical and flying training, and ground communications equipment maintenance. The lower line records the number of standards that are current and in use at the points in time indicated on the graph. The area between the lines, therefore, represents standards which have become obsolete over time. Note that although standards development has progressed at a relatively constant rate, there has been considerable upward and downward fluctuation...
Page 102 - The Office of Management and Budget, the General Accounting Office, and the...
Page 586 - His military decorations and awards include the Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Joint Service Commendation Medal, and Army Commendation Medal.
Page 131 - Figure 12, also includes manpower for the Contract Management Division and the Eastern Test Range activities of the Air Force Systems Command. As you can see, the program is largely civilian. The workload and manpower authorizations are driven to a great extent by total Air Force flying hours and aircraft and missile inventory. Program reductions result from a combination of reduced workload and increased productivity.

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