More than 300 active duty and reserve airmen who were deployed to Southwest Asia from assignments at Keesler AFB, Miss., are being sent home early to help their families and help rebuild the devastated base. Another 100 airmen scheduled to deploy will remain at the Mississippi base.
As Air Force leaders consider concepts of operations for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, sustainment in the field—and easing that support by using standard parts and limiting variants—should be a key consideration, according to a new study from AFA's Mitchell Institute of Aerospace Studies.