Gen. Eric Smith and his wife won’t be moving their boxes into the "Home of the Commandants" quite yet, but he will have powers of a confirmed top Marine.
As space and cyber inject new questions about how to do command and control, the Air Force is hoping a series of tabletop exercises will help it come up with improved ideas.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein called on the Air Force to “return to our expeditionary roots” and prepare to quickly deploy and set up new bases to respond to future conflicts.
Fighting near-peer adversaries isn’t all about the front line. In fact, the logistical nightmare of fighting across continents could get a lot worse as opponents learn to disrupt baggage trains without ever making a physical footprint on their target’s shores.
One reason space is so important not just to the Air Force, but all military services, is that space assets enable multidomain operations that are becoming the norm in the modern warfare.
The Air Force is looking at new ways to prepare its airmen to deploy and fight. One possibility could be the return of composite wings, or some similar method of bringing fighters, bombers , tankers and other aircraft together to challenge near-peer rivals.
