When three Air Task Force elements begin taking shape this summer, they will be laying the groundwork for the new Combat Wings now seen as the Air Force’s deployable “units of action” for future operations—a multi-year process to realign the way the service presents forces ...
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Just as the Air Force is switching up how it packages troops for deployments, the Space Force will implement a new system called “combat squadrons”—though with most of its forces deployed in place, the change will largely be divvying up operations and readiness functions, leaders ...
The top enlisted leaders of the Air Force and Space Force reiterated calls for a broader reform of the military pay tables which lay out pay and compensation for service members.
The Department of the Air Force is launching a sweeping effort to “re-optimize for great power competition,” with new commands, offices, and processes, in one of the largest reorganizations in the Air Force’s history. But for tens of thousands of Airmen and Guardians around the world, ...
The head of the Air Force Recruiting Service remains “cautiously optimistic” about hitting his recruiting goals for fiscal 2024 year, armed with positive data from the first five months.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said a fundamental shift in airpower is occurring worldwide, as drones and other cheap weapons systems proliferate, which will force the U.S. Air Force to assess how many bedrock concepts fit into modern conflict against China ...
The Space Force has no plans to follow the Air Force in introducing a warrant officer corps to its ranks, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman said Feb. 13. In a media roundtable, Saltzman said factors unique to the Space Force among the military ...
The Air Force plan to bring back warrant officers will be limited to Airmen in the information technology and cyber career fields for the foreseeable future as the service evaluates the outcomes of the effort, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said ...
The Air Force and Space Force rolled out sweeping changes to the services’ organization, manning, readiness, and weapons development Feb. 12 at the AFA Warfare Symposium. The changes aim to ratchet up readiness and gain a warfighting edge in the face of intensifying great power ...