The nations of the Collective Security Trade Organization—Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan—are considering establishing a collective air force, reported the Russian state news agency ITAR-TASS on Monday. Discussions on this topic were expected to take place during the gathering of CSTO foreign and defense ministers and secretaries of the organization’s security councils in Moscow this week. “A plan of joint events in operational and combat training for 2015 is expected to be approved,” stated the Russian defense ministry. CSTO is meant to promote regional security in Russia’s sphere of influence and to protect member-states’ independence and territorial integrity through collective defense.?
The Air Force plans to have its new Integrated Capabilities Command stood up by the end of 2024, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said May 2, offering new details of one of the signature reforms announced by the service earlier this year. Allvin said around 500-800 Airmen will…