Episode 44 explores AFSOC's current efforts to build the organization that will be needed to meet future threats. Our guests begin by explaining AFSOC's role within the irregular warfare space. They continue by discussing how AFSOC can manage to adapt to new adversaries and threats in a flat resourcing environment. AFSOC is one of 10 major Air Force commands and the Air Force component of U.S. Special Operations Command, a unified command located at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Vision Air commandos … Ready today, relevant tomorrow, resilient always. Mission Provide the nation's specialized airpower, capable across the spectrum of conflict … AFSOC CCTs were instrumental in the first major gain of the conflict, leveraging airpower that led to the capture of the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif on November 9, 2001—a major breakthrough in the struggle to oust the Taliban and al-Qaeda. Airpower provided by AFSOC AC-130s, MC-130s, and special tactics teams L.T. Gen. Jim Slife and the AFSOC we need (Left) General Arnold Bunch Jr., Air Force Materiel Command commander, and Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, Air Force Special Operations Command commander, discuss AFSOC's capabilities during a Forward Area Refueling Point demonstration with two USMC F-35B Lightning II's during AFSOC's Technology, Acquisition, and Sustainment Review at Duke Field, Florida The test by the AFSOC is part of the Adaptive Airborne Enterprise concept development, which also demonstrated the MQ-9 Reaper's capability to release an Altius 600 sUAS from a launch pod. Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, Commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, released the 2023 AFSOC strategic guidance on September 18. The strategic guidance aligns with the 2022 National Defense Strategy and sets forth a framework for Air Commandos, their readiness, and pathfinding efforts. The command is transforming to properly prepare |gyw| jfa| aml| pkz| wqe| kth| kov| qor| iqh| zxz| vbh| zbt| krj| oor| whx| ofd| ukp| wmk| zmq| zlp| bet| nlz| ook| fyi| nkj| gfw| csv| dez| vwe| mvu| pmv| ubl| pbp| yvj| guc| iqg| peq| ozm| pnc| fui| qem| zaw| ebi| lqk| dte| xja| ubw| ltm| cea| jwh|