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Vol. 15, No. 3 Serving Southern Arizona’s military community, including Davis-Monthan Air Force Base March 2022
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Combat Air Forces wings
INSIDE

transform for future fight
StorIES

 Accelerated comms, 3

 Grand Reopening, 4

 MARCH training, 5 By Capt. vastly different than what they have expe- execute wartime operations unlike ever
LAuReN GAo rienced over the past two decades. before.
 Ready Eagle, 8 Air Combat Command Public Affairs These transformations involve a new “Over the past 20 years of counterin-
Wing organization that is optimized surgency operations in the Middle East,
“Be ready for crisis before crisis emerg- and ready to ‘max perform’ in crises deployed Air Expeditionary Forces, organi-
 Winged retirement, 10 es. Be ready for combat before combat and compete with peer adversaries. It zational constructs, and warfighting were
begins,” says Gen. Mark Kelly, commander also involves migrating to a sustainable, characterized by fixed bases with adequate
FEAtUrE of Air Combat Command. predictable, and capacity-based, readi- air defenses, uncontested logistics and
ACC is evolving its organizational struc- ness-generating force generation model. uninterrupted command and control,” said
tures, warfighting concept of operations, Finally, it involves transforming Airmen Kelly. “We controlled the combat tempo,
force presentation and generation models, supporting operations, maintenance, and and ‘crisis’ was something we imparted on
and how it prepares its Airmen to ensure agile combat into a cohesive team ready adversaries at a time of our choosing.”
they are ready for a battlespace that is to meet the nation’s call and have them See Fight, Page 2

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Veterans

Staff Sgt. Kristine Legate
Tell us Your Story A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 52nd Combat Communications Squadron from Robbins Air Force Base, Georgia, sets
Active-duty, Reserve, Retirees up a satellite in a simulated austere environment in Sunglow City at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Oct. 4, 2021. Bush-
All military branches are included whacker allowed DM to execute and test agile combat employment processes. ACC is evolving its organizational structures,
Email name, phone number and a warfighting concept of operations, force presentation and generation models, transforming Airmen supporting operations,
brief description of your service to maintenance, and agile combat into a cohesive team ready to meet the nation’s call and have them execute wartime operations
jenna@aerotechnews.com
unlike ever before.