Agile Deployments Are Reshaping Combat In The Middle East

The 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing configured six F-15E Strike Eagles to carry extra bombs to bare-base locations, taking off from an undisclosed location April 25. This new configuration is allowing the Air Force to increase combat capabilities by carrying more munitions to a forward operating base than the Strike Eagle can use on one mission. (Air Force)  

Defense News: ‘Have bombs, will travel’: How agile deployments are reshaping combat in the Middle East 

The Air Force’s latest push for a more flexible force — known as agile combat employment — could help the service keep airmen at home longer and its aircraft readiness up, the leader of a key expeditionary wing in the Middle East told Air Force Times April 30. But deployments could become more intense for airmen when they do go abroad. 

Adopting ACE into regular operations across the force would likely increase the pace and frequency of missions, said Brig. Gen. Larry Broadwell, commander of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates. But that’s not the only measure of military prowess — it’s also about efficiency. The service wants to outsmart its adversaries and limit geographic weaknesses without sending many more people overseas.  

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WNU Editor: I guess the US Air Force has learned a thing or two after fighting wars in the Middle East for the past two decades. 

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