The Air Force is revising once again its deployment model, scrapping its plans for "deployable combat wings" and revamping the Air Expeditionary Wing with a new AEW 2.0 model.
Air Task Forces
The Air Force is setting up its first five Deployable Combat Wings and seeking Airmen to volunteer for them, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin announced March 25.
How Airmen and Guardians prepare for and perform operations may be very different, but the Air Force and Space Force’s models for generating those forces aren’t all that dissimilar in their focus on readiness and teamwork, leaders said March 5 at the AFA Warfare Symposium.
Air Force Global Strike Command activated its 21st Air Task Force last week at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, rounding out the full complement of the six pilot program units that will break new ground for the service’s deployments.
Air Combat Command activated three new air task forces this week, bringing the Air Force closer to starting all six of the units that will form the next stage of its deployment model.
In recent months, the Air Force has started to implement sweeping changes in how the service does deployments—from the cycle Airmen go through to the groups they ship out with. Yet the changes remain a work in progress, and service members should expect slightly different models ...
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As part of an overhaul of its force deployment, the Air Force announced six initial locations on May 15 that will test its new model of Air Task Forces.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin began his tenure as chief pressing Airmen to “follow through” on changes needed to respond to China’s growing military might and the changing nature of warfare. On April 15, Allvin offered his first self-assessment to Airmen ...
When three Air Task Force elements begin taking shape this summer, they will be laying the groundwork for the new Combat Wings now seen as the Air Force’s deployable “units of action” for future operations—a multi-year process to realign the way the service presents forces ...
How the Air Force deploys and presents forces will get a revamp as part of the department’s larger re-optimization efforts, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said Feb. 12. Speaking at the start of the AFA Warfare Symposium, Allvin outlined a shift to away from ...
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