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With ever increasing competition in space and tensions high in several regions of the world, the Secretary of the Air Force, and his Chiefs shared the plans for big changes within the Air Force and Space Force. It's time to restructure and retool our forces for a new era, new warfighting domains and ever-changing set of competitors and adversaries.

How does AMC stay ready to support large scale military operations worldwide? On a panel at #AFANational, Gen. Johnny Lamontagne discussed his approach to mobility readiness. “For us, exercises are really about the opportunity to rehearse. Exercising the mobility forces at a Joint level allows us to project, sustain and employ the entirety of the Joint Force. We are getting a good idea of what that looks like early, this is what we plan to do with Mobility Guardian 2025, getting those reps and sets in to help our forces.” Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gnYVzNfq

https://lnkd.in/eYKRgq33 Air and Space Force sweeping changes to maintain superiority amid Great Power Competition....some highlights: 1. Create a Department of the Air Force Integrated Capabilities Office to lead capability development 2. Combine disparate efforts to create the Office of Competitive Activities 3. Establish Integrated Capabilities Command to develop competitive operational concepts, integrated requirements 4. strengthen and elevate the Air Force’s focus on Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management 5. Establish an Integration Development Office within AFMC to provide technology assessments and roadmaps 6. Create Space Futures Command, a new field command, that develops and validates concepts, conducts experimentation and wargames

A lot of articles already posted on the big announcements out of AIR FORCE ASSOC conference on restructuring the Space Force and Air Force. You can read about the details below, but my quick take: Great to see the actions following the talk about making Space Force ready to be in the fight and not waiting to figure out how to get in the fight. https://lnkd.in/esiHAeXd

🌟 Breaking News in Defense Strategy: The Department of the Air Force unveils comprehensive plans for reshaping and optimizing the Air Force and Space Force to maintain supremacy in their domains amidst Great Power Competition. Key highlights include: 1️⃣ Developing People: Streamlining force development under an expanded Airman Development Command and redesigning career paths to meet high-tech operational demands. 2️⃣ Generating Readiness: Reorienting Air Combat Command, implementing large-scale exercises, and incorporating no-notice assessments to enhance operational readiness. 3️⃣ Projecting Power: Structuring Air Force Operational Wings for agile combat employment, elevating AFCYBER to a standalone command, and formalizing Space Force Combat Squadrons. 4️⃣ Developing Capabilities: Establishing Integrated Capabilities Office for modernization investments, creating a new Information Dominance Systems Center, and launching Space Futures Command. These strategic initiatives reflect the urgency to adapt to evolving threats and ensure readiness in an era of dynamic challenges. #DefenseStrategy #AirForce #SpaceForce #GreatPowerCompetition 🚀🔒✨

Laboratory-developed technology is vital to our nation’s ability to project power and thus deter future aggression. We at the Air Force Research Laboratory, supporting both the United States Air Force & United States Space Force are doing just that to provide our warfighters with the advanced, reliable and effective capabilities they need to protect our nation today and to secure our future. Our success comes from three major pillars: 💪Our renowned workforce 🔬Our one-of-a-kind research facilities 🤝Our strong partnerships Due to all of this, AFRL is uniquely positioned to understand warfighter challenges and deliver the affordable technologies they need. #AFResearchLab | #WorldLabDay | #LabDay | #USAirForce | #USSpaceForce

The U.S. Air Force is undergoing a major restructuring to better prepare for potential conflicts with major powers like China, as announced at the Air & Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium in Colorado. Moving away from its previous deployment model of assembling squadrons from various units across the service, the Air Force will now train and deploy "whole units" or wings together, aimed at enhancing combat readiness and coherence. This initiative, part of a broader strategy called “Reoptimizing for Great Power Competition,” includes 24 changes across both the Air Force and Space Force, encompassing development of personnel, readiness generation, power projection, and capability development. Significant changes include the establishment of an Integrated Capabilities Command to streamline combat readiness, the creation of new offices for capability integration, and the expansion and renaming of Air Education and Training Command to Airman Development Command for more focused force development. Additionally, a Space Force Futures Command is being set up to address future threats with integrated tactics, training, and technologies. According to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, these transformations are designed to align the Air Force directly against its most significant threats without substantial immediate cost increases, though some changes, like large-scale exercises, may require future budget adjustments. #usairforce #china #militaryrestructuring #combatreadiness #greatpowercompetition #airandspaceforces #modernization #integratedcapabilities #airmandevelopment #spaceforcefutures Source- https://lnkd.in/eMEVqp33

At the Air & Space Forces Association, General Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations of the United States Space Force, elaborated on the Department of the Air Force's (DAF's) 4 pillars of the "Great Power Competition": Develop People, Generate Readiness, Develop Capabilities and Project Power. Develop People - give them the training they need Generate Readiness - readiness in terms of people, training, equipment, and sustainment utilizing drills, assessments, wargames, etc. to measure it Develop Capabilities - standing up a Space Futures Command with Centers for Concepts and Technology, Wargaming and Space Warfighting Analysis Project Power - restructuring and creating Units of Action for effective combat operations and force presentation; clarifying the relationship between the Combat Wings and the Base Commander, and streamlining Service Components aligned directly to Combatant Commands #usairforce #usspaceforce #afa #AFAcolorado P E Systems, Inc. #DAFGPC

Navigating the Kármán Line Integrating Military Air and Space Michael Spirtas, Sarah Harting, Julia Brackup, Christopher Ferris, Jonathan Fujiwara, George Nacouzi, Michael Nixon, Joseph B. Piroch, Anthony D. Rosello, Ryan C. Thulin Oct 22, 2024 Rather than relying on personal relationships or top-down initiatives, now is the time for the DAF to identify and develop governance or other related mechanisms to guide interservice decisionmaking and coordination across shared issues and interests. The USAF and the USSF can continue to generate goodwill with one another by working together outside the DAF. By promoting common positions in the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, Deputy's Management Action Group, and other arenas, the two services can defend the DAF's budget, promote DAF initiatives, and advance other common DAF equities. A great way to decrease tension is to conceive of and field capabilities that help the other service. This is already being done today for ISR as the two services work to develop air-based and space-based platforms to support joint operations, but differences may arise in areas where there are shared interdependencies between the services. Both the air and space communities would benefit from an increased understanding of how operations in one domain affect operations in the other. Guardians are developing more of an operational mindset, which should help in this regard. Likewise, airmen would benefit from a more precise understanding of how space supports air operations and how air can support space now and in the future. The DAF should foster and promulgate a vision for the relationship between the two services and a sense of common purpose. A DAF vision for the air-space relationship should support and recognize service independence while promoting operational interdependence.

The U.S. Air Force is investing in commercial satellite networks to improve internet connectivity from space. By collaborating with private providers, the Air Force aims to utilize their capabilities for global communication needs. This strategic move highlights a growing dependence on commercial space infrastructure and emphasizes the military's interest in securing advanced satellite communication capabilities. The partnership represents a shift towards more flexible and cost-effective solutions to meet the increasing demands for space-based internet services. https://lnkd.in/gbazkvdR