How the Space Force prepares its personnel to train and fight wars continues to evolve, Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force John F. Bentivegna told Air & Space Forces Magazine in an interview during his first visit to U.S. Central Command as CMSSF.
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The Space Force is launching two prototype “Integrated Mission Deltas,” a new type of unit meant to bridge the gaps among operations, engineering, and capability development specialists.
The Air Force has nine major commands and two Air Reserve Components. (Air Force Reserve Command is both a majcom and an ARC.) In late 2019, Air Force Space Command was redesignated U.S. Space Force, a separate military branch under the Department of the Air ...
Aggressive competitors, limited resources, and accelerating technological advances compel the Air Force to rapidly transform, as it has during other inflection points in its 75-year history, Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. said. “We’ve done this before … we can do it again,” ...
Air Force Special Operations Command boss Lt. Gen. James C. “Jim” Slife extolled the benefits of the service’s new force generation and deployment model when it comes to explaining and managing risk for AFSOC—and warned against the dangers of centralization for the same reason. Speaking ...
A new year is poised to bring some key changes for Air Force and Space Force personnel, as the services look to continue to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, transition to a new force generation model, roll out changes to their physical fitness programs, promote diversity, ...
Afghanistan Exit; Force Generation Redo; New PT Uniforms; JADC2 Program Office; and more ...
The Air Force is overhauling its force generation and deployment model. The aim is to provide a standardized schedule that both Airmen and combatant commands can understand while also providing enough down time for rest and training. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. ...
Airmen will have more predictability about deployments under the new force presentation model the Air Force is developing, but the application will make USAF less predictable to adversaries, Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. said Feb. 24. He also explained what he considers ...
The Air Force is sprinting to solve a problem that has vexed the service for years: How to simplify downrange deployment rotations and simultaneously improve readiness at home.