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fromBusiness Insider
2 days ago

Airlift could be the Achilles' heel in the US Air Force plan for surviving a fight with China

US airlift fleet is shrinking, aging, and lacks variety, risking inability to meet wartime logistical demands and support Agile Combat Employment against a near-peer adversary.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

The US Air Force just war-gamed how pilots would fight if they lost communications in a high-intensity future war

US Air Force practiced operating under communications denial, training pilots and maintainers to execute pre-planned missions and sustain operations for at least 72 hours.
fromBusiness Insider
3 months ago

The US Air Force just underwent a massive stress test of how it would fight a high-end war in the Pacific

This big monthlong exercise brought together several major training events and involved US forces across the services, along with allies and partners. The drills focused on core objectives such as flying and sustaining a high number of missions, moving cargo under threat, using space-based technologies across air, land, sea, and cyber operations, and practicing large-scale Agile Combat Employment tactics, which are about making US forces more flexible and harder to target.
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