US Air Forces in Europe plans to send a mobile vehicle maintenance team to Mozambique this month to offer local military forces insight into how USAF manages vehicle support. The visit marks USAF’s first military-to-military interface with the African nation, although the US Air Force has participated in humanitarian actions in the area. The airmen on the team are coming from Ramstein AB, Germany, and RAF Lakenheath, England.
As Air Force leaders consider concepts of operations for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, sustainment in the field—and easing that support by using standard parts and limiting variants—should be a key consideration, according to a new study from AFA's Mitchell Institute of Aerospace Studies.