1 00:00:00,340 --> 00:00:03,720 actual combat employment is 2 00:00:03,730 --> 00:00:06,480 how we're going to tackle great power 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:08,950 competition in a highly contested 4 00:00:08,950 --> 00:00:09,950 environment . 5 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:16,350 So last week , the 23rd wing executed a 6 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,980 wing level exercise to practice our 7 00:00:19,980 --> 00:00:22,330 agile combat employment tactics , 8 00:00:22,330 --> 00:00:25,260 techniques and procedures , as well as 9 00:00:25,260 --> 00:00:28,150 implementing air combat commands . Lead 10 00:00:28,150 --> 00:00:30,670 wing concept of operations to really 11 00:00:30,670 --> 00:00:32,790 set the expectation for what 12 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,610 capabilities this wing needs to provide 13 00:00:35,740 --> 00:00:38,210 to the combatant commanders in the high 14 00:00:38,210 --> 00:00:41,790 end fight . The lead wing is a 15 00:00:41,790 --> 00:00:44,110 concept that Air Combat Command has 16 00:00:44,110 --> 00:00:46,560 pushed out in terms of how we're going 17 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,450 to generate and then present forces to 18 00:00:49,450 --> 00:00:51,672 the combatant commanders . Uh , and the 19 00:00:51,672 --> 00:00:53,783 capability that that lead Wing has to 20 00:00:53,783 --> 00:00:56,140 provide is a organic commanding control 21 00:00:56,140 --> 00:00:58,730 function mission generation function 22 00:00:58,730 --> 00:01:01,390 and a air base squadron or boss . I 23 00:01:01,390 --> 00:01:03,430 function and that will deploy as an 24 00:01:03,430 --> 00:01:05,720 organic unit that will also have the 25 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,580 capability to bring in inorganic units 26 00:01:08,580 --> 00:01:10,747 and command and control them as well . 27 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,440 For the commanding control function 28 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:17,010 that is primarily going to be your A 29 00:01:17,010 --> 00:01:19,810 staff or air staff at the wing level . 30 00:01:19,820 --> 00:01:21,980 In the high end fight that we're 31 00:01:21,980 --> 00:01:25,440 expecting in the Pacific or European 32 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,496 theater , we expect that we're gonna 33 00:01:27,496 --> 00:01:29,718 have to maneuver around a lot , and the 34 00:01:29,718 --> 00:01:32,940 A staff is going to control and talk to 35 00:01:32,950 --> 00:01:35,061 the maneuver forces , which are these 36 00:01:35,061 --> 00:01:37,410 Mission generation squadrons . So the 37 00:01:37,410 --> 00:01:40,420 mission generation squadrons are a mesh 38 00:01:40,430 --> 00:01:42,950 of your traditional fire squadron unit 39 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:45,180 as well as your am us from the 40 00:01:45,180 --> 00:01:47,180 maintenance side of the house . The 41 00:01:47,180 --> 00:01:49,402 fundamentals there is that they're able 42 00:01:49,402 --> 00:01:51,513 to organically generate , uh , combat 43 00:01:51,513 --> 00:01:53,700 air power and how they how they do it 44 00:01:53,700 --> 00:01:55,922 is still up for debate . But there I'll 45 00:01:55,922 --> 00:01:57,850 primarily expect to do that in a 46 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,060 dislocated and contested environment . 47 00:02:03,540 --> 00:02:05,762 The Airbase Squadrons role is providing 48 00:02:05,762 --> 00:02:09,250 the sustainment for your organic Air 49 00:02:09,250 --> 00:02:12,200 Expeditionary Wing and all of its 50 00:02:12,210 --> 00:02:14,210 maneuver forces that are out in the 51 00:02:14,210 --> 00:02:17,830 field . It goes back to the 2000 and 18 52 00:02:17,830 --> 00:02:19,860 National Defense strategy on this 53 00:02:19,860 --> 00:02:22,400 refocused to great power competition 54 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:24,456 and how we're gonna deal with that . 55 00:02:24,456 --> 00:02:27,530 And , uh , several documents came out 56 00:02:27,540 --> 00:02:29,490 in regards to how we would execute 57 00:02:29,500 --> 00:02:32,100 actual combat employment , and it was 58 00:02:32,100 --> 00:02:34,156 identified that multi capable airmen 59 00:02:34,156 --> 00:02:37,680 are a quote key enabler of this concept . 60 00:02:37,690 --> 00:02:40,010 So in order to be agile , we have to be 61 00:02:40,010 --> 00:02:43,610 like Moline and a cross functional and 62 00:02:43,610 --> 00:02:45,880 multi capable . And that's what all 63 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,080 lead wings and I even say match com's 64 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,960 are experimenting with right now . I 65 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,270 would say that it was a success again , 66 00:02:53,270 --> 00:02:55,270 going back to what we really wanted 67 00:02:55,270 --> 00:02:57,300 from this , which was a start of a 68 00:02:57,300 --> 00:02:59,670 cultural change that needs to occur as 69 00:02:59,670 --> 00:03:02,740 well as set baseline expectations . We 70 00:03:02,740 --> 00:03:04,980 need to keep everything in in context 71 00:03:04,980 --> 00:03:07,091 and be careful what we say we learned 72 00:03:07,091 --> 00:03:09,150 here . And the context is those 73 00:03:09,150 --> 00:03:12,100 boundaries provided by the 2000 and 18 74 00:03:12,110 --> 00:03:13,943 in the S and the guys that we're 75 00:03:13,943 --> 00:03:16,040 getting from higher , so looking to 76 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,660 provide a capability as a force 77 00:03:18,660 --> 00:03:21,110 provider to be ready for the high end 78 00:03:21,110 --> 00:03:21,550 fight .