01020821 TOP SECRET 2442595 07-01-1975 2443144 12-31-1976 2443449 11-01-1977

STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND

HISTORY TS-HOA-77-74 0000032656 1083 C2 2446130 03-05-1985 CHAPTER 1 REPORTS ON CONTINUED TRANSFER KC-135 TANKER AIRCRAFT TO AIR NATIONAL GUARD AND AIR FORCE RESERVE UNITS WHICH, FOR THE FIRST TIME, CAME TO SHARE IN THE STRATEGIC MISSION. TURNED OVER DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE AZ AND ITS DRONE MISSION TO TAC, 76/09/30. CLOSED OUT ACTIVITIES AT GLASGOW AIR FORCE BASE MT. CONCENTRATED RECONNAISSANCE FORCES (SR-71'S AND U-2'S) AT BEALE AIR FORCE BASE CA. TRANSFERRED COMMUNICATIONS UNITS AND FACILITIES OVER TO SINGLE MANAGERSHIP OF AFCS. PHASED OUT SATELLITE BASES IN FAVOR OF READY DISPERSAL BASES. FORMATION OF STRATEGIC AIR COMBAT OPERATIONS STAFF (SACOS) WAS A MOVE TO PINPOINT COMBAT STRENGTH BY SEPARATING IT FROM OVERHEAD. CHAPTER 5 REPORTS JOINTLY SPONSORED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF OMAHA THE FIRST SAC SENIOR SYMPOSIUM (15-17 NOV 76), TO MEET THE NEED FOR GENERAL OFFICERS AND CIVILIAN EXECUTIVES TO REMAIN CURRENT IN THE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES THAT INFLUENCE THE FORMULATION OF MILITARY POLICY AND STRATEGY. WHILE COMPUTERS PROVIDED HQ SAC MORE AND BETTER INFORMATION FOR MANAGING ITS OFFICERS, AIRMEN, AND CIVILIANS, THEY WERE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR HQ USAF, THROUGH AF ITS MILITARY PERSONNEL CENTER, TAKING OVER MANY OF THE PERSONNEL RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH HAD FORMERLY BELONGED TO THE MAJOR COMMAND HEADQUARTERS. AIR FORCE WIDE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL INFORMATION WAS ADDED TO THE ADVANCED PERSONNEL DATA SYSTEM. TWO NEW PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE SURPLUS OF COPILOTS WERE THE TEMPORARY AUGMENTEE SUPPORT PROGRAM (TASP) AND THE TEMPORARY OVERMANNING OF THE OPERATIONS STAFF (TOOS). PALACE FURLOUGH, AIR FORCE WIDE EARLY SEPARATION PROGRAM FOR YOUNGER RATED OFFICERS, REDUCED THE B-52 AND KC-135 FORCE. INITIATED THE RATED DISTRIBUTION AND TRAINING MANAGEMENT (RDTM) PROGRAM, A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM FOR MANAGING RATED OFFICERS. JOB FINDER SYSTEM (JFS) WAS ADDED TO THE CAREER AIRMEN REENLISTMENT RESERVATION SYSTEM (CAREERS). VOLUNTARY STABILIZED BASE OF ASSIGNMENT PROGRAM (VSBAP) ENABLED AIRMEN TO RECEIVE A FIVE YEAR STABILIZED TOUR BY VOLUNTEERING FOR ASSIGNMENT TO MINOT AIR FORCE BASE ND, GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE ND, OR LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE TX. BEGAN CAPSTONE PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE OFFICERS ELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTION TO STRENGTHEN WEAK POINTS IN THEIR RECORDS BEFORE THE APPROPRIATE PROMOTION BOARD MET. CAF. RD SAC HIST NAR AS SPECIFIED COMMAND IN HARD COPY ONLY. IF DOWNGRADED, CALL NO. WILL BE K416.01-162. GLASGOW AIR FORCE BASE MT, CLOSURE SATELLITE BASE INACTIVATIONS BASE INACTIVATIONS AIR COMBAT STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND SENIOR SYMPOSIUM CAREER AIRMAN REENLISTMENT RESERVATION PROGRAM