Total Force: C-17 Expeditionary Airlift Squadrons and the...
Mitchell, Michael R.![Total Force: C-17 Expeditionary Airlift Squadrons and the Air Force Reserve](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/161/16135355/CHSBZCOP0316135355.jpg)
The purpose of this paper was to support the thesis that an Air Force Reserve C-17 squadron was capable of manning and operating an Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. In considering this possibility, a three-pronged approach was studied. First, the role that strategic airlift squadrons played in the Total Force throughout history was shown. Secretary Laird, along with General McConnell and other high-ranking officials in the late sixties and earl...