European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 stars and stripes thursday March 292007 of readiness Down 17 percent since 2001 Reserve c130 Crews to be asked to Volunteer amid air transport Strain by Lisa Burgess stars and stripes Arlington a air Force readiness is Down 17 per cent since 2001 according to Gen Ronald keys commander of the air combat command personnel and airframes Are both feeling the Strain of High operations tempos provoked by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan keys told reporters monday at boiling air Force base in Washington at a press re unstable with nine other air Force generals during a combat air ability air forces commanders conference the air Force uses a sliding scale of cd to c4 to measure the readiness with units graded cd and c2 prepared to go and accomplish the Mission he said but when units Are rated g3 or c4 you have to find major workarounds keys said since 2001 the air Force has seen the percentage of units incl and c2 status in a steady de Cline keys said Wear and tear on the Fleet is visible said Gen Duncan Mcnabb commander of the air mobility command but personnel Are also a con Cern keys said especially the so called on Toone dwell time on Toone dwell is what the air Force Calls the Simon Tyson Simon Tshoff deployment schedule airmen with High demand skills such As air transport Crews military police or intelligence experts Are experiencing Brian of the us air Force air National guard members make their Way to their c130 Hercules feb 6 at Charlotte no due to strains on the Force the air Force is about to ask c130 Reserve air Crews which Are All maxed out on their service commitments to Volunteer instead said Gen Duncan Mcnabb com Mander of the air mobility command the troop increase for Iraq announced by president Bush in january put an additional Strain on air transport capabilities Mcnabb said although the air Force is still determining How Many transport Crews it will ultimately have to contribute to the so called surge Effort mobility could be Large num Bers of air Force personnel Mcnabb said were not sure keys said the air Force is also analysing How Many fighter planes and pilots it will contrib Ute along with intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance As sets such As unmanned Aerial vehicles avs and their Crews the air Force is preparing to Call for c130 Reserve air Crews to Volunteer for deployments said it Gen John Bradley chief of air Force Reserve the service has to ask for volunteers instead of mobilizing reservists outright because All of the air forces c130 Reserve Crews reached their two year mobilization limit in the fall of 2006 Bradley said the air Force has about 150 c130 Crews in the reserves Bradley said and not having a Cess to those Crews potentially puts a serious Strain on the ser vices ability to provide trans port in combat zones Jim Miller a spokesman for the air Force Reserve com Mand at Robins air Force base a told stripes on tuesday that air Force reserves provide 21 percent of int Heater Airlift in the Middle East that percentage could include a combination of c17 and c130 aircraft he said but most of it is probably c130s because that the stated purpose of the c130 to Fly in tra theater As opposed to opposed to Long Range flights he said when the Reserve c130 Crews began to Max out on their remaining service time the air Force filled the gaps with the c17 transport Mcnabb said the next step he said is to have More Active duty and re serve units sharing c130 air Craft As the air Force once did with its strategic bomber Force the first mixed serve c130 unit will be in Chey Enne Wyo Mcnabb said the 153rd Airlift Wing of the air National meanwhile however Mcnabb and Bradley said they Are confident that enough c130 Crews will answer the Call to Volunteer email Lisa Burgess at South korean cops seek suspects in taxi theft assault by Hwang Harrym and to Flack stars and stripes and South Kore an officials Are jointly investigating an of base taxi Drivers claims that two White men assaulted him and stole his taxi late Mon Day night in Muije Ogbu City based on their looks including their Short haircuts and so on we assume they Are us sol Diers a Muije Ogbu officer told stars and stripes on tuesday the police officer said the men might have made the investigation a bit easier than Normal police found a cell phone they be Lieve one of the men left in the taxi after fleeing the scene police were working to track the cell phones owner tuesday the taxi Driver suffered minor injuries according to the police and the taxi was discovered an hour later outside a residential apartment Complex about a 10minute drive from the us a mys Camp red Cloud the two men described As being in their Early 20s hailed the taxi in downtown Seoul at mid night and asked to be taken to Muije Ogbu 18 Miles Northeast of Seoul a nearly ride after arriving in Muije Ogbu the taxi Driver claimed the men suddenly assaulted him and forced him from the taxi the scars and bruises on his face still remain police said maj Kymeisha Mccullum 2nd infantry division spokeswoman confirmed tuesday afternoon that army criminal investigative command agents were working with the korean National police email the Korea Bureau at get your degree online associate of science business computer science general education Bachelor of science business administration computer science criminal Justice management political science psychology social science sport and fitness management Bachelor of applied science in resources Ana technology management master of business adn ministration executive master of business administration master of science in Post secondary education master of Public administration master of science criminal Justice human resource management International relations management toy University a future of opportunities a Campus All degree programs Are 100 online troyed