{"id":33898,"date":"2024-03-21T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/21\/congress-wants-us-air-force-to-better-explain-reorganization-plans\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:06:05","slug":"congress-wants-us-air-force-to-better-explain-reorganization-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2024\/03\/21\/congress-wants-us-air-force-to-better-explain-reorganization-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress wants US Air Force to better explain reorganization plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers want to hear more from the Department of the Air Force about its plans for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/02\/13\/air-force-unveils-command-changes-wing-plans-in-bid-to-outpace-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">biggest reorganization in decades<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department in February announced a sweeping shake-up of the Air Force and Space Force to better prepare them for a potential conflict with China, which the department calls a \u201creoptimization for great power competition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The changes would include the creation of an Integrated Capabilities Command, led by a three-star general, which would take charge of identifying the Air Force\u2019s future requirements. The Air Force would also revamp some existing organizations such as Air Combat Command as well as Air Education and Training Command; shift how airmen, units and equipment deploy; and improve training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in a summary of the compromise version of the fiscal 2024 Defense Appropriations Act, publicly released Thursday, lawmakers said the Air Force hasn\u2019t thoroughly explained why the reorganization is necessary, how the service would implement it and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/03\/11\/air-force-plans-for-more-flying-flat-workforce-in-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\">what budget is required<\/a>. Lawmakers say they need such information to properly assess the department\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill would require Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall to explain any organizational changes to congressional defense committees, 30 days before they go into effect. Lawmakers would also want Kendall to explain how such a change would differ from the existing structure; a breakdown of the phases of the reorganization; what each phase would cost; a description of the new offices, commands or centers it would require; how this would affect service members and civilian employees; and the programmatic effects of the planned change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked for comment, the Air Force said it plans to keep lawmakers informed about its reorganization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs the Department of the Air Force develops implementation plans, leaders will continue to share information with congressional staffs,\u201d Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said in an email to Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Government Accountability Office would also have send the House and Senate defense appropriations subcommittees a report within six months on the Air Force\u2019s planned reorganization. This report would have to detail factors and analysis the service considered for the revamp, what feedback combatant commanders offered, how much it might cost, how long it might take to put into place and how the reorganization might be deemed a success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GAO would also have to describe how recommendations from the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Commission were taken into account, and how the reorganization might affect joint and coalition forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kendall told reporters at a budget briefing earlier this month that the revamp would likely not cost a great deal of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we\u2019re talking about with the re-optimization is creating some new organizations, but they will be created out of pieces that we already have,\u201d Kendall said. \u201cWe\u2019re not talking about big manpower increases, and we\u2019re going to minimize, [to] 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