Air Mobility Command chief Gen. Duncan McNabb stopped by Yokota AB, Japan, during a nine-day tour of AMC operations across the Pacific, to say “thank you for the great work” of the 730th Air Mobility Squadron at Yokota. McNabb said: “When you think about the Pacific Rim and about its importance to our country … if we have to undertake combat operations, our ability to come through Yokota becomes absolutely essential.”
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.