More than 120 high-level Air Force officials are planning Pacific Air Forces way forward as ongoing challenges face the command’s area of operations. The inaugural PACAF Warfighter Symposium began May 23 and will wrap up Friday at JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The attendees are comprised of representatives from all components, and will recommend how the Air Force can implement new strategies and operational concepts, according to a PACAF release. The recommendations will focus on how to work more closely with allies across in the Indo-Asia-Pacific.
In the face of Chinese war plans to disrupt U.S. command-and-control networks in the event of a conflict, the Air Force needs to focus less on its “connect everything” efforts and prepare its combat aviators to fight without a constant connection to higher-ups, according to a new report from AFA’s…