Recently, the Air Force announced an initiative to convert its air and space expeditionary force (AEF) deployment system to a new construct known as AEF Next, which 'will focus on teaming, at the unit and installation level as well as put commanders and immediate supervisors back into the ...
Those kits were largely standardized in the past, but the Air Force has realized one size does not fit all; what a downed pilot would need in Europe differs from what one would need in Africa or the Indo-Pacific region. In response, the Air Force is working on more modular...
You should be proud of the outstanding operational support you have provided to the combatant commanders in support of the Global War on Terror. As USAFE’s operational arm, we have delivered incredible fi ghting power and reach-back capability to our forward-deployed warriors. Our unit being ...
Some participants gathered for the Sept. 2 experiment in a conference room at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, D.C. “They’re getting to see all the different combatant commanders all coordinating inside one common operating picture that is living on a cloud,” Will Roper, assistant...
RPAs allow for a 24/7/365 mission, but the Airmen in the cockpit are the driving force behind that mission set. They continue to meet the demand of combatant commanders and coalition forces around the world. “The unwavering and collective dedication of the members of th...
Offutt again faced monumental changes in 1992 when the easing of world tensions allowed the United States to reorganize its Air Force. The Strategic Air Command (SAC) was inactivated on 1 June, succeeded by the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), a Unified Combatant Command of the ...
Many war gaming iterations have been conducted to reach the 386 number that Air Force leaders will present to Congress in the next few weeks. Although the assessment is largely classified, it includes force requirements from the various combatant commanders’ camp...
(Air Forces Cyber), CAFEM is steering the enterprise away from the platform-centered intelligence analysis standard to a sensor agnostic and problem-centric architecture. The concept is focused on modernizing the decades-old intelligence production framework and providing combatant commands, commanders ...
Berger and Smith have bothsaidthere arepotential risksto combatant commanders if the fleet drops below 31 ships. The Marine Corps is also pursuing a shore-to-shore connector ship to fill a gap in capability between the big-deck amphibs and the dock landing ships. These Landing Ship Mediums,...
known as combined joint all-domain command and control or CJADC2. In support of CJADC2 development, SAIC is working with the Air Force and other DOD armed services and combatant commands to deliver digital infrastructures and capabilities for sharing both classified and unclassified data across net...