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Air Force base defenders upgrade weapons, training and fitness standards to meet near-peer threats
Big changes are coming to the Air Force’s career field of base defenders. The ability of the service to gain air superiority over a peer adversary could soon hinge on a career field that — like the rest of the U.S. military — has become accustomed to an era of combating violent extremism.
By Kyle Rempfer