How The U.S. Air Force Wants To Change Its Deployments

Brian Everstine September 22, 2023

U.S. Air Force airmen operate an F-22 forward refueling point in September 2021.

Credit: U.S. Air Force

Here’s a simplified version of how the U.S. Air Force currently deploys its combat aircraft: F-22s are needed in the Pacific, so a squadron is selected from one of the main home bases and deploys to a large, established installation in the region. At that location, thousands of support personnel are...

Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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