AIR RESERVE FORCES ORGANIZATION

ACTIVE DUTY COMPONENT

US AIR FORCE

Inactive Status (ISLRS)

Stand-by Reserves (admin by ARPC) can be mobilized only by Congress

NARS A (non-obligors)

Active Status

NARS-B (obligors)

RESERVE COMPONENT

Air National Guard Units

Selected Reserves

Units

Air Force Reserve

Individuals (IMAs)

(admin by ARPC)

Ready Reserves—can be mobilized by order of the President

Air Reserve Squadrons

Reinforcement Reserves (administered by ARPC)

Reinforcement Designees (non-participating IRRs)

Includes ORS

INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVES

IMAs (Individual Mobilization Augmentees) Members of the “Select Reserves” who

continued to train, but not (necessarily) with the unit to which they would be

assigned in the event of a mobilization ordered by the President.

Air Reserve Personnel Center

Reinforcement Designees---Individuals who did not train, and were not assigned to

any specific unit, but who could be mobilized upon order of the President. This included the Obligated Reserve Section.