Evening star., 1951-01-18
Air irForceCa||s
A||21 Reserve,
Z Guard Wings
$50, 900 Men Involved;
Marine Squadron
Here Gets Orders
By John A. Giles

The Air Force announced today
it is calling IL additional Air Ma
tional Guard and 81 Air Force
Reserve wings to active duty.
The call. which involved
larger number of wings than had
been predicted unofficially, will
bring into active service all re-
serve and all except five Air Guard
wings.
The call also included a num-
Der of individual reservists and a
spokesman estimated about 150,-
600 would be summoned.
The air arm is moving swiftly to
build up its strength to 971, 900
officers and men to man a total
of 95 air groups.
The Air Force call came
as the Marine Air Reserves
Squadron VMF-321, stationed at
Anacostia Naval Air Station, was
alerted for active duty.
The squadron, nicknamed "Hells
Angels" will be mobilized and
assigned to active duty March /.
IA Wings Already Called.
The Air Force already has
ordered 10 Air Guard wings and
a tactical control group. four Air
Reserve wings and $4,000 indi-
vidual reservists into active serv-
ice. Other smaller Reserve and
Guard support units also have
been called.
The announcement said six
troop carrier wings would be Sc
lected from the reserve organiza-
tions and ordered to duty with
the Tactical Air Command be-
tween April and May Is.
The remaining II troop carrier
wings and four light lombard
ment wings will be summoned
between March l and May /. Per-
sonnel of these Is wings will be
utilized primarily as a pool Of
individuals qualified for other re-
quired assignments throughout the
Air Force, the department. said.
The reserve units will be
ordered to duty for a brief period
at their respective reserve train
ing centers where the reservists
will be screened for delay in re-
call in accordance whit deferment
policies.
Calls at Home Stations.
The Air Force said that wher-
ever practical both reserve and
guard units will be ordered to
duty at their home station; tenn
porarily.
The individual reservists will be
summoned as rapidly as facilities
and equipment will permit and
requirements indicate, the depart
ment said.
The Gallup includes a major
part of the Air Forces $4,000
volunteer reserve airnlen and ap-
proximately 10000 of the 100000
volunteer reserve officers.
The Air Force said each unit
or individual scheduled to receive
orders would be notified as soon
as possible to allow them the
maximum opportunity to arrange
their personal affairs.
"A minimum of one months
notice prior to reporting date for
active service is assured" the an
nouncement stated.
Second Squadron Called.
The Marine Squadron called.
here is the second reserve squad
ron in this area to be called.
A spokesman said that indi-
cations are that it will remain at
Anacostia for a brief period of
training before deploynaent with
the regular Marine Corps at an
operational base"
Maj. Howard Robertshaw of 22o
North Piedmont street. Arlington,
is commander of the squadron.
Under present plans the Marine
Corps is scheduled to have thres
additional air squadrons and a new
regimental combat team this fiscal
year
At the outbreak of the Korean
wa rthere were 27 Air National
Guard wings and Is additional
wings in the Organized Air Re-
serve.
The average size of the Reserve
wings is 1000 men. while the av-
erage strength of the Guard units
runs at about 1900 each. Neither
are anywhere near full strength,