US Joint Forces Command , the DOD joint deployment process owner, and US Transportation Command, the DOD distribution process owner, have penned a joint vision statement to “align interrelated joint deployment and distribution actions for better mutual performance and to add value for the warfighter,” according to a TRANSCOM news release. JFCOM commander, Air Force Gen. Lance Smith, said the agreement forms “the first step to a better environment that will allow the sharing and maturation of new ideas.”
F-35As from the Vermont Air National Guard have deployed to Puerto Rico in recent days, continuing a major buildup of U.S. Air Force assets in Latin America aimed at combating drug trafficking and pressuring the regime of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.

