TASK FORCE III DESERT SHIELD/STORM

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and ASF to develop a "smarter" way of doing business. AECEs cannot activate one day and be
expected to recover/launch aircraft the next day.

(3) Recommended Action: AECEs must be activated at the same time AS. are
activated. While complete activation is not necessary, at a minimum the following AFSCs
are required:

(a) One 9016
(b) One G9766

Recommended Action Office: HQ MAC/SGX.

y. Title: Waiving or Banking of MSC Flying hours During
Periods of Conflict -

(1) Observation: MSCs assigned to critical tasks in
support of the war were still required to fly the minimum 4
contact hours per month.

(2) Discussion: MSC directly engaged in the
management of Operation DESERT SHIELD/STORM activities had
difficulty in meeting the minimum flying hour requirement. To
comply with the requirement it is often necessary to fly for at
least one day, thus taking the manager away from critical war
duties. While it is important to maintain contact-with inflight
operations, MSC ground duties will often over shadow any possible
inflight gains.

(3) Recommended Action: HQ MAC/SGO should have the
authority to waive the flying hour requirement based on mission
needs. If this is not possible, MSCs should be allowed to bank
hours on a quarterly basis. Recommended Action Office: HQ
MAC/SGO.

z. Title: Use of the Hub/Spoke System for Casualty Reception and Redistribution in the
CONUS.

(1) Observation: Using the Hub/Spoke system for redistribution of wartime casualties
would completely change the current method of patient movement in-CONUS. Current
resources, along with identified augmentation, by C-130s and Reserve groups, have been
determined to be adequate to redistribute expected casualty numbers. The need to create a
new plan for patient movement is questionable.

(2) Discussion: Deployment to the hub/spoke system while continuing with peacetime
AE results in unnecessary disruption of service to routine facilities. Current resources
along with augmentation would accomplish the same mission. Use of the hub/spoke system
completely eliminated the inherent

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