ARNG Aviation continues to support --

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ARNG Aviation fully Committed

• ARNG Aviation continues to support --
• -- the OCONUS Warfight
• -- Homeland Defense/Civil Support tasks
• ? Combat Operations ARNG contributions
  remain high
• FY08 units deployed 1½ Bdes (150 aircraft)
• FY09 units preparing 1¾ Bdes (184 aircraft)
• FY10 units alerted (two rotations) 2 Bdes
  (232 aircraft)
• ? Domestic Operations level of response
  is also high
• Operation Jump Start during first half of year
  on Southwest Border Spring Floods in Central
  States
• Summer and fall Wildfires in the West
• Late summer Hurricanes in the Gulf and Southeast
  States
• Continuous Counter Drug missions for Domestic
  Operations

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ARNG Aviation Modernization Initiatives

• ARNG on track towards goal of almost 1500 RW
  and FW aircraft
• Great support from Army to fund and field modern
  aircraft
• Utility Helicopters Critical to Domestic
  Support - More is Better
• Replace old UH-60As with UH-60L and UH-60M Black
  Hawks
• Field UH-72A Lakotas more faster
• Modernize Attack Battalions
• AH-64Ds and new ARH
• Modernize Cargo Helicopter Fleet with CH-47Fs
  beginning in FY10
• Retire legacy aircraft - UH-1s within 10 months
• - OH-58A/Cs IAW UH-72 fielding about
  FY15
• Field Shadow Raven UAS in near term
  Sky Warrior ER/MP in far term
• Replace C-23 Sherpas (possibly some C-12s) with
  C-27J Cargo

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ARNG Aviation Mission Equipment Packages

• UH-72 Light Utility Helicopter
• ? Approved UH-72 MEP capabilities
• - electric hoist (standard on MEDEVAC
  configuration)
• - enhanced civil band radios
• - EO/IR sensors (FLIR, TV, laser)
• - high powered search light (slaved to EO/IR)
  
• - digital moving map (interfaced with EO/IR)
• - motion video with downlinks and recording
• ? UH-72 MEP currently funded through NGREA
  (National Guard Reserve Equipment Account)
• ? MEP installation begins early FY11
• UH-60 and/or CH-47 (NGB-AVS initiatives)
• ? Civil band radios
• ? Fire Suppression systems
• ? Internal Extended Range Fuel systems
• ? DARNG tasked NGB-AVS to place Aviation Search
  and Rescue competency in each state

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ARNG Aviation Readiness

• Comprehensive Preset Program for deploying
  aircraft
• ARNG units fully integrated into Army Preset
  plans
• Ensures Preset modifications are completed prior
  to arrival at Mob site
• Modifications implemented at Preset Sites
  (Active Compo Installations)
• Comprehensive Reset Program for returning
  aircraft
• Now integrated with Stay Behind Equipment
  Program - some SBE stay 2 rotations
• Units induct no more than 50 of aircraft and
  Avn Support Equip at any one time
• AVCRAD/TASMG
• The Four Aviation Classification Repair Activity
  Depots converting to
• Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance
  Groups in FY10 to FY12
• Expands AVCRADs to include more Avn maintenance
  capabilities, Tech Supply,
• Oil Analysis Lab as well as additional
  warfight capabilities
• In Combat Theater TASMGs will provide
  Theater-Level Aviation maintenance and Component
  Repair under the National Maintenance Program for
  all deployed units
• CONUS TASMGs will continue to provide ARNG units
  with Avn maintenance support
• on a regional basis

5

• Backups

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Utility Helicopters

• UH-60 Black Hawk
• In 10 months ARNG will have 786 (including about
  60 UH-60Ms)
• UH-60Ms fielded to ARNG deploying units
• - ARNG is 1st and 2nd HH-60M MEDEVAC Co in
  the Army
• - ARNG is 2nd UH-60M Assault Bn in the Army
• UH-60A-to-L Recap restructured under single
  funding line
• UH-72 Lakota
• 17 of 200 fielded to ARNG
• Need more UH-72s faster
• MEDEVAC configuration fielded Feb 09
• Initial set of Mission Equip Packages (MEP)
  funded

Utility capability is critical for State
missions
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Attack and Cargo Helicopters

• AH-64D Apache
• 48 AH-64Ds (2 Bns) plus 110 AH-64As on hand
• 96 AH-64Ds (4 Bns) plus 92 AH-64As by end of
  FY10
• Army plans to convert 2 more Bns to AH-64D by
  end of FY12
• Army may convert last 2 Bns depending on
  timelines for new ARH program
• CH-47F Chinook
• 131 of 159 CH-47Ds on hand
• By FY13 ARNG will be filled with 159 CH-47s
• ( 50 Fs and the rest Ds)
• By FY18 ARNG will be filled with 159 CH-47Fs

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C-27J Fixed Wing Cargo

• 2 C-27Js delivered to Army for
• technical and operational testing
• 6 C-27-Js fielded to ARNG late FY10
• 2 Companies (16 aircraft) fielded by FY12
• Quadrennial Roles Missions AF, Army, NGB,
  TRASCOM, and OSD agree on
• C-27J Intra-theater employment (TSMC movements
  are validated DS role of Army C-27Js)
• Training and Maintenance currently contracted
• Business Case Analysis (BCA) for future Trng
  Maint strategy has begun
• BCA results will be implemented about FY12

TSMC Time Sensitive Mission Critical