Tinker to gain manpower positions Published May 14, 2010 Air Force News Service WASHINGTON -- Tuesday the U.S. Air Force announced its proposed force structure realignment for Fiscal Year 2011. It provides a summary of the civilian and military personnel changes and aircraft assignments at Air Force installations for the upcoming fiscal year. This announcement supersedes all previous announcements, including the January 2008 Roadmap. Total impact to Tinker is an increase of 16 military, an increase of 91 civilian and an increase of 13 AFR drill positions. "The Air Force continues to support new and emerging missions while making every effort to remedy the stress experienced by critically manned career fields," said Gen. Norton Schwartz, Air Force Chief of Staff. "This realignment emphasizes the strength and synergy of the Total Force--Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve--putting the right skills in the right place." At Tinker, contractor-to-civilian conversions result in increases of 56 civilian positions. The Air Force Legal Operations Agency increases by one civilian position as a result of Medical Cost Recovery mission consolidation. The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center increases by one civilian as a result of continuing to strengthen the Air Force's Nuclear Enterprise. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations increases by two civilian positions in support of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program. The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center increases by one civilian position due to miscellaneous program adjustments. The 72nd Air Base Wing increases by five civilian positions as a result of establishing the Fitness Assessment Cell; decreases by three civilian positions as a result of the Joint Personal Property Shipping Office regionalization; increases by three civilian positions in support of warfighter and family services; decreases by three military positions as a result of defense health program adjustments; increases 23 military positions in support of security forces manpower requirements; and decreases by one military position and four civilian positions due to Acquisition Excellence resource realignments. The 327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing increases by 28 civilian positions due to Acquisition Excellence resource realignments. The 552nd Air Control Wing increases by one civilian position in support of security forces manpower requirements; and decreases by three military positions due to miscellaneous program adjustments. Air Force Reserve: The 507th Security Forces Squadron increases by 13 drill positions due to security forces manpower requirements. This Force Structure Announcement addresses the Air Force's fiscal 2011 force structure, realignment, and management actions supporting the fiscal 2011 President's Budget submission. This announcement outlines the civilian and military personnel changes and reassignment of aircraft at Air Force bases for the upcoming fiscal year and includes base and statewide summation impacts. It includes prior year programmatic actions that impact force structure in fiscal 2011, but doesn't include Future Years Defense Program data for fiscal 2012 and beyond. The document specifies the force structure changes experienced by the Total Force; active duty, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard. Total Force personnel changes include more than 13,000 personnel including approximately 2,450 active duty; 9,200 civilians; 1,300 Air Force Reserve and 220 Air National Guard positions. Prior year programmatic actions account for more than 90 percent of the changes experienced by the Total Force. Several piror year actions were key drivers including contractor-to-civilian conversions 34 percent, Base Realignment and Closure 2005 directed Joint Basing actions 16 percent, Air Force Reserve end-strength increase 12 percent and increases in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance manpower 11 percent. These initiatives will continue to make more efficient use of Air Force resources and savings to the American taxpayer over the long term, General Schwartz said.