U.S. Air Force Reserve Update:

The U.S. Air Force provides weekly updates. Here are items from its reserve component notes:

Air Force delays some PCSs, bonuses: The Air Force is experiencing a shortfall in the Fiscal Year 2023 Military Personnel Appropriation driven by higher-than-projected personnel costs.

Headquarters Air Force is directing actions to be taken now to avoid exhausting funds. Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) is currently approving Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders for Airmen with projected departure dates in July. For all other Airmen awaiting PCS orders with projected departure dates of August or later, orders are being reviewed and approved on a priority basis.

AFPC will continue to prioritize and authenticate orders for mandatory moves and will consider Exception to Policy requests on a case-by-case basis.

Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Charles Quinton Brown Jr. addressed the issue stating, “We're working through the process of reprogramming so, we don't go through an Antideficiency Act [violation] and not spend money we don't have,” said Brown. “Part of this is for [the Air Force] to be able to work with Congress to get the reprogramming in place so all the programs and impacts that were outlined in that article that we communicated to the force here recently. We can reverse and minimize the impact to Airmen and their families through the rest of this fiscal year.”

Airmen who have specific questions should call the Total Force Service Center at 210-565-0102, or toll-free at 800-525-0102.

AFRC/AFSOUTH: For the first time, US Air Force Reserve Command’s exercise Patriot Fury has been incorporated into Resolute Sentinel 23, a 12th Air Force (Air Force Southern)-led US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) exercise, which provides joint training and improved readiness of United States and partner nation civil engineers, medical professionals and support personnel through humanitarian assistance activities.

Four A-10s deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base as part of Patriot Fury, marking the aircrafts first ever launch out of South America, where they focused on agile combat employment and the new Air Force Force Generation model.

Resolute Sentinel 23 is being held in Peru and integrates combat interoperability and disaster response training in addition to medical exchanges, training, and aid and construction projects.

Resolute Sentinel was first held in 2021 and evolved out of the longstanding New Horizons and Beyond the Horizons annual joint humanitarian assistance exercises in Latin America or the Caribbean. 

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