The Air Force believes it needs 24 Deployable Combat Wings to meet its rotational demands and have a cushion for times of crisis, Lt. Gen. Adrian L. Spain, deputy chief of staff for operations, said June 18. That number offers a new goal for the service to aim ...
The Air Force will do away with operations and maintenance groups, the level of command between wings and squadrons, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin told reporters June 14—one part of a major change in how the service will deploy and project power, though ...
As part of an overhaul of its force deployment, the Air Force announced six initial locations on May 15 that will test its new model of Air Task Forces.
Lt. Gen. Adrian L. Spain, deputy chief of staff for operations, and Brig. Gen. David C. Epperson, director of current operations, spoke with Air & Space Forces Magazine editor-in-chief Tobias Naegele at the AFA Warfare Symposium on Feb. 13, 2024 about Air Task Forces, Combat Wings, and the ...
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 ...
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, ...
How the Air Force deploys and presents forces will get a revamp as part of the department’s larger re-optimization efforts, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said Feb. 12. Speaking at the start of the AFA Warfare Symposium, Allvin outlined a shift to away from ...