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DNME, that is my understanding as well and I believe you are right on the money. US National Guard units (Army National Guard, Air National Guard), while under the command of their respective states, can be federalized. And yes, the law specifically puts all you young whippersnappers and veterans into the unorganized militia:

(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard. (b) The classes of the militia are -

(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and

(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.

States codify it further. Here in Virginia:

§ 44-75.1. Militia state active duty.

A. The Governor or his designee may call forth the militia or any part thereof to state active duty for service in any of the following circumstances:

1. In the event of invasion or insurrection or imminent threat of either;

2. When any combination of persons becomes so powerful as to obstruct the execution of laws in any part of this Commonwealth;

Etc etc. There is plenty of discussion over the extent to which state militias and defense forces are or are not part of the unorganized militia, but I stepped into legal waters way over my head several sentences ago, haha...

BTW, the Army needs to increase its Apache fleet because it is retiring its entire fleet of Kiowas and Kiowa Warriors. All of their recon / scout missions are supposed to be taken over by the Apaches and drones.

The thinking was that this would save money, since there would only be one type of aircraft and attendant sensors, powerplants, weapons etc to maintain. Which could be, but as skilled as Army Kiowa and Guard Apache pilots are, I do not think they can step right in to a totally different type of aircraft.

Moreover, as I understand it the cost of operating an Apache is substantially higher than that of a Kiowa. Plus there is the cost of preparing the Kiowas for “de-militarization” and disposal. There is a lot of discussion in the rotorcraft community to the effect that, while this sounds like a good idea on paper, it could end up costing DoD more than they were trying to save by making the move. Whatever!

Perhaps they will fly all of those Kiowas over to local law enforcement to go along with their MRAPs...