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SECRET
2447528
01-01-1989
2447892
12-31-1989
TACTICAL AIR COMMAND
HISTORY
K417.01 V.1
VOL I OF XII
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12-11-1992
BUDGET CUTS RESULTED IN TACTICAL AIR COMMAND (TAC) REDUCTIONS IN TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE, AGGRESSOR FORCES, HEADQUARTERS (HQ) STAFFS, ACQUISITIONS OF NEW WEAPON SYSTEMS, AND NUMBER OF WINGS AND BASES IN TAC AND TACTICAL AIR FORCES (TAF). SECRETARY OF DEFENSE COMMISSION ON BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE RECOMMENDED CLOSING SOME TAC BASES, INCLUDING GEORGE AIR FORCE BASE (AFB) CA, WHICH RESULTED IN TRANSFER OF 37 TACTICAL FIGHTER WING FROM GEORGE AFB TO TONOPAH NV TEST RANGE. TAC DESTROYED 134 BGM-109G GROUND/LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILES AS PART OF UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (USAF) INTERMEDIATE/RANGE NUCLEAR FORCES TREATY COMPLIANCE. HQ USAF DIRECTED TAC TO PLAN FOR RELOCATION OF INTER/AMERICAN AIR FORCES ACADEMY TO HOMESTEAD AFB FL. PROCESS BEGAN OF INTEGRATING F-117A STEALTH FIGHTER AIRCRAFT WEAPON SYSTEM INTO NORMAL OPERATING AND PLANNING PROCESS. TAC FLYING HOUR PROGRAM EXCEEDED ITS AIR STAFF GOAL FOR ELEVENTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR. 1989 WAS SAFEST YEAR IN TAC FLIGHT HISTORY. TAC AIRCREWS PARTICIPATED IN AND PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR NUMEROUS EXERCISES AND OPERATIONS, SUCH AS: VARIOUS FLAG EXERCISES, CORONET WARRIOR/AIR WARRIOR EXERCISES, AND OPERATION JUST CAUSE IN PANAMA. COPPER FLAG WAS TAC/SPONSORED EXERCISE HOSTED BY USAF AIR DEFENSE WEAPONS CENTER AT TYNDALL AFB FL. TAC CONDUCTED 14 AIR WARRIOR EXERCISES WITH USAF AIRCRAFT STAGING OUT OF GEORGE AFB. TAC DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF (DCS)/LOGISTICS CONDUCTED CORONET WARRIOR EXERCISE TO EVALUATE WAR READINESS SPARE KITS. TAC WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN OPERATION JUST CAUSE AS AIR FORCE COMPONENT TO UNITED STATES ATLANTIC COMMAND WHICH WAS TASKED TO PROVIDE COMBAT AIR PATROLS FOR JUST CAUSE OPERATION. TAC ENHANCED EXISTING WEAPON SYSTEMS AND TESTED LARGE NUMBER OF AIR/TO/AIR MUNITIONS SYSTEMS, INCLUDING ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR/TO/AIR MISSILE. HQ TAC INACTIVATED THREE RF-4C AIRCRAFT SQUADRONS: 45 TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON (45 TRS), 62 TRS, AND 16 TRS. INSTRUMENTATION ON GULF RANGE AT TYNDALL AFB WAS UPGRADED. FLIGHT TESTING OF NEW MQM-107D DRONE WAS BEGUN. TAC COMMANDER, GEN ROBERT D. RUSS, APPROVED PUBLICATION OF TAF FORMAL SYSTEM OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT FOR DRONE TRACKING AND CONTROL SYSTEM REPLACEMENT AT WALLACE AIR STATION, PHILIPPINES. TAC HAD BEEN ONLY MAJOR COMMAND IN TAF TO HAVE HAD A-7 CORSAIR II AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO IT ORIGINALLY, BUT A-7 AIRCRAFT WERE PHASED OUT OF TAC AIRCRAFT INVENTORY DURING 1989. TAC DCS/LOGISTICS STAFF WAS INVOLVED IN SEVERAL LONG/RANGE PROGRAMS TO OVERHAUL TACTICAL AIR CONTROL SYSTEM THROUGHOUT 1989. HQ TAC PREPARED FOR HURRICANE HUGO BY ORDERING EVACUATION OF AIRCRAFT FROM SHAW AFB SC AND MYRTLE BEACH AFB SC ON 22 SEP 89, BUT SEVERE DAMAGE STILL TOOK PLACE AT BOTH BASES, ESPECIALLY AT SHAW AFB.
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INCLUDES DATA TABLES, DIAGRAMS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF KEY PERSONNEL AND F-117A AIRCRAFT.