{"id":39539,"date":"2024-03-04T17:46:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T17:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/04\/heres-how-the-air-forces-new-task-forces-will-reshape-deployments\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:22:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:22:39","slug":"heres-how-the-air-forces-new-task-forces-will-reshape-deployments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/03\/04\/heres-how-the-air-forces-new-task-forces-will-reshape-deployments\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s how the Air Force\u2019s new task forces will reshape deployments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Air Force launches three new air task forces this summer, it will take its next step toward a long-desired goal: building more capable teams to fight America\u2019s wars while maintaining a more predictable deployment cycle for airmen and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The experiment aims to reimagine how the Air Force responds to unabated demand for air power in the post-9\/11 decades as it gears up for a new era of military competition \u2014 and possibly war \u2014 in the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/02\/13\/air-force-unveils-command-changes-wing-plans-in-bid-to-outpace-china\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8237245.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air Force unveils command changes, wing plans in bid to outpace China<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A sweeping set of proposals could comprise one of the Department of the Air Force&#039;s most significant reorganizations since the end of the Cold War.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many airmen, the shift may boil down to a different patch on their uniform. But Air Force leaders argue the plans could eventually mark a sea change in how the service provides options to the joint force, asks Congress for resources and looks out for troops and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you operate in a high-tempo, very stressful combat situation \u2026 you\u2019re going to need a team that is trained together, knows one another, is on the same page of tactics, techniques and procedures and trusts one another,\u201d said Doug Birkey, executive director of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. \u201cThat demands a far more integrated approach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The path to the future force starts at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most Air Force bases now are run by a single wing that manages daily combat training operations and routine installation life, such as medical care, law enforcement and finance. Some, like Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, have two: one wing that handles the combat mission, plus an air base wing that runs the support functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The air task force project looks to move more of the service\u2019s installations to that second model, with a mission-focused wing and a separate unit that runs garrison functions, an Air Force spokesperson told Air Force Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For instance, at an installation like Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, run by the 366th Fighter Wing, an air task force would seek to split that governance into a fighter wing plus a separate air base wing or group, a service spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"7676\" height=\"5483\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240114-F-BQ566-9009.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240114-F-BQ566-9009.jpg.jpg 7676w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240114-F-BQ566-9009.jpg.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240114-F-BQ566-9009.jpg.jpg?resize=768,549 768w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240114-F-BQ566-9009.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,731 1024w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240114-F-BQ566-9009.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1097 1536w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240114-F-BQ566-9009.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1463 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 7676px) 100vw, 7676px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nathalie Olarte, crew chief, launches an F-16 Fighting Falcon from an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Jan. 14, 2024. (Tech. Sgt. Alexander Cook\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those wings would be available to answer the needs of a combat commander on a rotational schedule, without robbing the base of the necessary manpower to support its needs \u2014 similar to the functions of an Army garrison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air task force commanders will consider what resources an operational wing would need to be able to pick up from home station, leave a full air base staff behind, and deploy overseas. The combat and air base units would fall under two separate command staffs at each installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each task force will include an air staff to lead the daily training, care and feeding of airmen; a mission layer, typically comprised of fighter, bomber<b> <\/b>or airlift squadrons; and a combat support staff, which will handle base operations like running an airfield and managing communications networks. The goal is to come up with packages that are self-supporting abroad while keeping regular life running smoothly at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first three task forces will start the 24-month preparation-and-deployment cycle this summer to get ready to head overseas together starting in fall 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two task forces will deploy to U.S. Central Command, and another to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Lt. Gen. Adrian Spain, the service\u2019s deputy chief of staff for operations, told a crowded room during the Air and Space Forces Association\u2019s Air Warfare Symposium outside of Denver, Colorado in mid-February. The Air Force did not reveal its first task force leaders and locations by press time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The command element of the new air task forces will start work this summer, said Brig. Gen. David Epperson, director of current operations at the Air Force\u2019s Pentagon headquarters. A sustainment team of about 100 to 150 airmen from two to three bases will begin training together in fiscal year 2025, ahead of deployment in fiscal year 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When those units head overseas, they\u2019ll do so with people they know from home and through months of training, and under a familiar wing commander instead of reporting to someone new. They could join other forces at a permanent base in a different country, or set up shop somewhere more remote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The model is similar to how the Navy deploys carrier strike groups composed of an aircraft carrier alongside an armada of smaller ships and an air wing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea aims to offer a better prepared set of airmen to regional commanders following the service\u2019s new combat readiness rotation, known as Air Force force generation, or \u201cAFFORGEN,\u201d a two-year cycle that includes 18 months of training and maintenance followed by a six-month availability for missions abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we\u2019re trying to continue this evolution toward is a set of conditions that values the airmen, and trains them to be ready for the fight that we know that may come our way. We hope [it] doesn\u2019t, but we need to be prepared for it,\u201d Spain said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4996\" height=\"3331\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240124-F-YC496-9297.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240124-F-YC496-9297.jpg.jpg 4996w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240124-F-YC496-9297.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240124-F-YC496-9297.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240124-F-YC496-9297.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240124-F-YC496-9297.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240124-F-YC496-9297.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4996px) 100vw, 4996px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists and explosive ordnance disposal technicians from the 27th Special Operations Wing pause during an exercise on Melrose Range, N.M., Jan. 23, 2024. (2nd Lt. Merit Davey\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/afa-air-space\/2023\/09\/12\/air-force-creates-task-forces-to-pilot-modern-deployments\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/maintainer.jpg_bdbabc.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air Force creates task forces to pilot modern deployments<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The pilot program is the Air Force\u2019s attempt to mirror the troop packages put forward by the other armed forces.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s in a wing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service plans to take the air task force concept a step further by developing three types of wings: deployable combat wings, combat generation wings and in-place wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those wings will form the core of the rotational combat packages the Air Force can offer to commanders around the globe, as well as its permanent party units at each base. Elements of the air task forces will be incorporated into the operational wings over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A deployable combat wing would look like Mountain Home, which trains together a under wing commander at home and can pick up and go as one unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll of that structure is at one location, training together throughout the entire Air Force force generation cycle, so they know how to work together,\u201d said Brig. Gen. David Epperson, director of current operations at the Air Force\u2019s Pentagon headquarters. \u201cThe command-and-control knows and understands all the elements, and they really can hit the ground running.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spain added that a deployable combat wing would bring its entire mission along, but leave a minimal level of installation support behind to maintain daily base operations at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A combat generation wing would accompany those fighters or other assets without deploying in its entirety. Spain used Travis AFB, California, home to the 60th Air Mobility Wing, as an \u201cimperfect example,\u201d because it encompasses multiple missions rather than airlift or refueling alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6016\" height=\"4016\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/230815-F-WT152-9509.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/230815-F-WT152-9509.jpg.jpg 6016w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/230815-F-WT152-9509.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/230815-F-WT152-9509.jpg.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/230815-F-WT152-9509.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,684 1024w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/230815-F-WT152-9509.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/230815-F-WT152-9509.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1367 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6016px) 100vw, 6016px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dustin Flaspohler, 138th Fighter Wing aircraft armament systems specialist, performs weapons checks on an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 125th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, after hot pit refueling at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 15, 2023. Hot pit refueling occurs after an aircraft has landed and is still running its engine allowing for refueling in austere locations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexander Frank) \r<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And an in-place combat wing would execute its missions without deploying, similar to Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, where the 341st Missile Wing can handle launching intercontinental ballistic missiles from home station without needing many additional resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next step includes examining the service to identify which wings fall under each category. Then the service can begin to figure out the resourcing, the necessary manning and personnel to support them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Details of the bigger picture are still coming together; the plan is expected to take years to complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leaders envision a \u201cplug-and-play\u201d sort of structure where the Air Force could offer various combinations of those wings to the joint force as it seeks, for instance, strike packages in the Middle East or intelligence and deterrence teams in Europe. Providing more standard groups of capabilities can give defense officials a better idea of what and who the Air Force has in its arsenal \u2014 and its limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The airmen who comprise those deployed units will be expected to handle a wider range of tasks than in the past, Epperson said, to \u201clevel the playing field.\u201d As an example, an explosive ordnance technician who might not be tasked to use those job skills daily could help an electrician or HVAC journeyman, or pitch in on airfield repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are a lot of people saying it\u2019s doing more with less. I don\u2019t think so,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it\u2019s optimizing the airmen that we have, and making sure that they have that capability to help across the team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An expeditionary future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those organizational shifts serve as a stepping stone to the Air Force\u2019s eventual goal of creating groups known as \u201cexpeditionary air base teams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The central tenet of expeditionary air base teams is to build a team from one base, instead of cherry-picking airmen from across the service, and send those airmen to existing bases or one they can quickly assemble. Like the units that air task forces create, the team would include personnel that can set up flight operations, a support staff and leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The air base squadrons that handle installation sustainment, protection and airfield management \u2014 like civil engineers and security forces \u2014 as part of an air task force or deployable combat wing would form the core of those expeditionary air base teams, the Air Force said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force has practiced that expeditionary vision through large-scale exercises like last year\u2019s Mobility Guardian, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/08\/09\/inside-the-air-forces-massive-mobility-war-game-in-the-pacific\/\" target=\"_blank\">which sent 3,000 troops across the Pacific<\/a> under the 437th Airlift Wing from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina; and Air Combat Command\u2019s \u201clead wings\u201d \u2014 four fighter wings and an air base wing that were tapped in 2022 to coordinate a broader set of units and lead them in training and deployments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service also deployed an early iteration of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/08\/07\/expeditionary-air-base-teams-to-begin-deploying-in-october\/\">expeditionary air base team<\/a> to the Middle East in October, just as the war between Israel and Hamas ignited. One of those deployed commanders \u201cwas able to operate at the \u2018speed of trust\u2019 from the second they got on the ground,\u201d Epperson said, without providing further details: \u201cThat\u2019s really what we\u2019re trying to get to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/08\/07\/expeditionary-air-base-teams-to-begin-deploying-in-october\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/230601-F-AL288-9054.jpeg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Expeditionary air base teams to begin deploying in October<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Starting in October, the Air Force will begin dispatching new groups known as \u201cexpeditionary air base teams\u201d to replace air expeditionary wings overseas.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Devil in the details\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The air task force plan, first unveiled last fall and expanded over subsequent months, is among two dozen initiatives designed to outpace resurgent threats from Russia and China while the U.S. military continues to conduct counter-terror missions and police conflicts around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are out of time. We are out of time. We are out of time,\u201d Kendall said. \u201cFor at least two decades, China has been building a military that is \u2026 purpose-built to deter and defeat the United States if we intervene in the western Pacific.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The realignment also follows more than two decades spent reacting to the needs of combat commanders \u2014 particularly in the Middle East \u2014 in more piecemeal ways that drained the service of resources and manpower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Air Force deployed to the Middle East in August of 1990,\u201d Herbert \u201cHawk\u201d Carlisle, a retired four-star general who led Air Combat Command from 2014-2017, told Air Force Times in an interview. \u201cAnd we\u2019ve never come home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In some ways, the Air Force is looking to its past to inspire its future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4205\" height=\"3004\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240213-F-GR961-9209.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240213-F-GR961-9209.jpg.jpg 4205w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240213-F-GR961-9209.jpg.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240213-F-GR961-9209.jpg.jpg?resize=768,549 768w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240213-F-GR961-9209.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,732 1024w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240213-F-GR961-9209.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1097 1536w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240213-F-GR961-9209.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1463 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4205px) 100vw, 4205px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Six U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules from the 86th Airlift Wing taxi down the flightline at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 13, 2024. (Senior Airman Andrew Bertain\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carlisle and Birkey both pointed to the 1990s, when the service set up the 366th Fighter Wing as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/09\/18\/bombers-fighters-and-tankers-unite-will-the-air-force-rebuild-composite-wings-to-fight-near-peer-foes\/\">response-ready composite wing<\/a> made up of fighters, bombers, and tankers to meet Cold War challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat was disbanded, and part of it came down to money,\u201d then-Lt. Gen. Mark Kelly, who commanded 12th Air Force at the time and went on to lead Air Combat Command as a four-star general, said in 2018. \u201cThe cost per flying hour of trying to sustain the small-fleet dynamics there didn\u2019t look great on spreadsheets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he argued the numbers failed to reflect that the money was paying for higher-quality training than other units across the Air Force received. And he cautioned that steady funding would be key to fueling a successful reorganization \u2014 which could pose problems if Congress continues to fail to pass annual spending bills by the start of each fiscal year. The Pentagon is still awaiting approval of its 2024 budget request, almost halfway through the fiscal year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think they\u2019re going to have to work hard on how to resource it, because the demand signal for the Air Force never goes down,\u201d Carlisle said. \u201cLook at how many combat forces we have deployed today that aren\u2019t back at home station, that are in the Middle East or in the European theater.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That includes manning. With combat wings set to focus on warfighting readiness, and base commands intended to support those wings and operate the base through war and peace, \u201cthere\u2019s a limited number of people,\u201d Carlisle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Air Force leaders have said they don\u2019t plan to recreate the composite wing of the 1990s, they contend resources are still challenging the service\u2019s ability to keep up with daily operations and future planning. It remains to be seen whether the air task force or expeditionary air base team concepts will be more cost-effective than the Air Force\u2019s current piecemeal approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Birkey suggested that the reorganization should be accompanied by a serious discussion about whether the Defense Department is investing in the right skills, weapons and vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is time to put on the table these resource conversations and this notion of true use, and cost per effect, and everything else to drive for the force we need,\u201d Birkey said. \u201cReorgs can make us smarter [in] how we get there, but they cannot make up for [a] fundamental lack of resources that are going to undermine you no matter what you do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there\u2019s much to be done, Carlisle said he thinks Kendall is \u201cspot on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think we\u2019re doing the right thing. I think we have to do it,\u201d he said. \u201cBut there\u2019s a lot of work to be done and a lot of devil in the details.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air task forces launching this summer are expected to pave the way for more capable rotational forces and better-prepared 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