US Air Forces in Europe on Oct. 1 plans to open the first Joint and Combined Air Dominance Center of Excellence in the world at RAF Lakenheath, UK. According to the center’s commander, Lt. Col. David Slade, the center will consolidate expertise of existing air-to-air and theater air dominance forces, creating a one-stop warehouse for operational doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures development.
Aircraft readiness will suffer if Congress does not approve some $1.5 billion worth of spare parts the Air Force requested in its annual Unfunded Priorities List, sent to Capitol Hill last week, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said.