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February 2010Protecting Readiness to Meet Today’s Challengesbattlespace awareness, and force application capabilities to the Fleet and COCOMs.TACAIR integration ensures that Navy and Marine Corps units are effectivelyincorporated in the CVWs and MAGTFs to achieve maximum force applicationcapabilities at sea, land and air. ASW squadrons locate, destroy, and provide forcesupport and command and control capabilities while conducting maritimesurveillance operations. FAS squadrons provide consistent and vital fleet logisticsand battlespace awareness capabilities. In FAT, the Fleet Replacement Squadrons(FRS) provide force support capabilities by training pilots to become proficient intheir specific type of aircraft while transitioning to fleet operations.Figure 24 – DON Aircraft Force StructureFY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011Active Forces 21 21 21Navy Carrier Air Wings 10 10 10Marine Air Wings 3 3 3Patrol Wings 4 4 4Helicopter Maritime Strike Wings 2 2 2Helicopter Combat Support Wings 2 2 2Primary Authorized Aircraft (PAA) ‐ Active 3,459 3,460 3,470Navy 2,357 2,360 2,319Marine Corps 1,102 1,100 1,151Total Aircraft Inventory (TAI) 3,838 3,906 3,958Active 3,538 3,599 3,653Aircraft OPTEMPOFRP provides for a tiered T‐2.5 readiness level across the notional Inter‐DeploymentReadiness Cycle (T‐1.7 while deployed, T‐2.0 pre‐deployment, T‐2.2 postdeployment,and T‐3.3 during the maintenance/training phase). The Marine Corpsmaintains a level of readiness of T‐2.0 throughout pre‐ and post‐deployment periodsas well as while forward deployed in support of the MAGTF. By maintaining thesereadiness levels, the Navy and the Marine Corps stand ready to provide forceapplication capabilities to the COCOMs when required. The flying hour programhas been priced using the most recent cost per hour experience.FY 2011 Department of the Navy Budget 4‐11