{"id":145581,"date":"2023-08-10T11:15:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T15:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=145581"},"modified":"2023-08-09T18:43:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T22:43:33","slug":"the-u-s-air-force-conducts-a-long-range-mobility-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=145581","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Air Force conducts a long-range mobility exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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All branches of the US military are training for battle scenarios that potentially could take place in the Indo-Pacific region. One of these exercises is an Air Force exercise aimed at moving large numbers of individuals and materials to locations they are needed at. This is a biannual training exercise that tests airlift capability to include refueling, materials movement, coordination of multiple air craft, and other actions needed to project power to the western Pacific.<\/p>\n

From The Military Times:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

For two weeks in July, the training, known as Mobility Guardian, helped solidify the use of the so-called “Second Island Chain” — the string of archipelagos from Japan to the Mariana Islands to Indonesia — as a key logistics hub for the U.S. and its allies in a future war.<\/p>\n

It was a test of several crucial questions: How quickly can the Air Force get there? What and who does it need to bring? And can the airmen do it all themselves?<\/p>\n

The answers began more than 8,000 miles away in Charleston, South Carolina.<\/p>\n

‘Back to the future’<\/p>\n

On a scorching, muggy morning at Joint Base Charleston July 3, Air Force Times began an exclusive 10-day trip with Air Mobility Command to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.<\/p>\n

Airmen milled around the Installation Deployment Readiness Center, a one-stop shop for last-minute paperwork checks, briefings and vaccinations before shipping overseas.<\/p>\n

They were preparing to deploy as the 437th Air Expeditionary Wing, the unit that would lead Mobility Guardian from a makeshift headquarters at Andersen. Their goal was to bring to life the Air Force’s vision of a speedier, more holistic approach to combat tours.<\/p>\n

It marks a fundamental shift in how the Air Force thinks about fighting in the Pacific.<\/p>\n

For the past two decades, the war on terrorism has relied on a stream of airmen who cycle through well-established bases around the world. Sometimes that requires deploying an entire squadron for one mission; other times, airmen are tapped piecemeal from different squadrons or bases to fill open jobs overseas.<\/p>\n

Now airmen who work under the same wing at home will deploy together as one team, with a built-in air staff to manage missions and morale. Along with more predictable schedules and ample training, the Air Force hopes the new approach will lead to more capable expeditionary units that can function away from brick-and-mortar bases.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Military Times provides the balance of the story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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