The Air Force Reserve is working with Air Force leadership to adapt to the “multi-component, multi-domain approach to the future” that’s laid out in the service’s new strategic vision, Lt. Gen. James Jackson, AFR chief, told reporters at AFA’s Air and Space Conference on Wednesday. “We bring operational capability, strategic depth, and surge capacity,” said Jackson during the media event in National Harbor, Md. The goal is to identify how much of each “bin” the Air Force wants, and what it can afford, he said. Air Force Reserve Command is involved in nearly every Air Force mission set, he noted, and the mission review is uncovering the “big rocks” where Reservists can make a greater contribution. “If there is no ability to migrate capacity, we take it off the table, and move on,” said Jackson. Even though the mission review is a “first cut,” Jackson said Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh has indicated areas such as agile combat support are promising for future AFRC expansion. “There is no big epiphany,” said Jackson of the process, but the Air Force is working to move capability to AFRC in areas where it can make the most sense.
GPS Without Space? DOD Looks to Quantum for an Answer
Nov. 27, 2024
The Department of Defense is eyeing localized quantum sensors as a radical alternative to space-based Global Positioning System satellites in the face of increasing threats to GPS signals needed for precision navigation and timing.