Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley, chief of the Air Force Reserve and AFRC commander, says the days of
reservists serving 15-day tours as part of an air and space expeditionary force may be over.
He said Air Force officials are asking that the minimum time for reservists to serve in an
AEF be increased to 30 days. Reservists fill 12 to 16 percent of nonflying support jobs
within the air and space expeditionary force, and reserve fliers occupy as much as 24 percent
of the flying billets. “The policy is that we don’t mobilize people for those efforts. We
find volunteers,” he said. The general said he sees challenges ahead if the Reserve keeps
going at the current pace. “We’ll eventually run out of some of that capability if things
don’t change,” he said.
