Latest "dynamic force employment" stories

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot calculates air time and determines the aircraft's status upon arrival at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Oct. 23, 2022. This aircraft flew from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, in support of a "dynamic force employment" operation, which is designed as a way for Pacific Air Forces to exercise their ability to generate combat air power from dynamic force elements while continuing to move, maneuver, and sustain these elements in geographically-separated and contested environments. (Airman 1st Class Courtney Sebastianelli/Air Force)

A-10 Warthogs to brush up on maritime combat in Pacific deployment

The Air Force is reimagining the role of the A-10C attack plane, a counterterrorism mainstay, for a new kind of fight.

By Rachel S. Cohen

14 months ago

A U.S. Air Force flying crew chief assigned to the 40th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron touches the nose of a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft for good luck prior to boarding the aircraft for a mission supporting the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, in U.S. Central Command on July 20, 2021. (Senior Airman Brennen Lege/Air Force photo)

The Air Force’s chief of staff lays out a new way to deploy

“For the past 15, 16 years ... whatever was needed, we would send,” Chief of Staff Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown said.

By Rachel S. Cohen

2 years ago

Rethinking the air expeditionary wing

As dynamic force employment becomes the preferred engagement option, shouldn’t it also inspire an evolution in our existing air expeditionary wing deployment model?

By Brig. Gen. Larry Broadwell

3 years ago

Spangdahlem F-16s deploy to Al Dhafra

The F-16s deployed under the dynamic force employment model, which is intended to allow faster and more fluid movement of forces.

By Stephen Losey

3 years ago

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