Air Force Reserve to operate with more reservists

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WASHINGTON (AFPN) --  Air Force Reserve Command will have a slightly larger force in 2007.

The fiscal 2007 Defense Appropriations Act signed by President George W. Bush Sept. 29 funds an end-strength of 74,900 reservists.  That is 900 additional reservists compared to the fiscal 2006 end-strength of 74,000.

The new legislation also approves 10,214 full-time air reserve technicians and 2,707 full-time active Guard and Reserve members.

The defense bill funds a 2.2 percent across-the-board military pay raise for active and Reserve forces as requested in the president's budget earlier this year.

From this act, AFRC receives about $1.26 billion for its Reserve members appropriation and approximately $2.56 billion in operation and maintenance funds to run the command.

The amounts for military construction funding, RPA funds for basic allowance for housing, and O&M funds for facilities sustainment, restoration and modernization will be finalized at a later date when the Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs bill is passed. 

(Courtesy of AFRC News Service)