Reoptimization for Great Power Competition

GPC Key Decisions

USAF Case for Change

SecAF Memo

Air Force FAQ for Reoptimizing Great Power Competition

“We need these changes now; we are out of time to reoptimize our forces to meet the strategic challenges in a time of great power competition.”

~ Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall

The United States faces a time of consequence marked by significant shifts in the strategic environment. To remain ready, the U.S. Air Force must change.

In early 2024, the Department of the Air Force unveiled sweeping plans for reshaping, refocusing, and reoptimizing the Air Force and Space Force to ensure continued supremacy in their respective domains while better posturing the services to deter and, if necessary, prevail in an era of Great Power Competition. Through a series of 24 DAF-wide key decisions, four core areas which demand the Department’s attention will be addressed: Develop People, Generate Readiness, Project Power and Develop Capabilities.

Today, the Air Force once again finds itself at a critical juncture—an era of Great Power Competition marked by a new security environment, a rapidly evolving character of war, and a formidable competitor. This new era requires understanding its challenges and the attributes needed to succeed.

Embracing change is not a choice; it is a necessity. The Air Force must “reoptimize” into an enterprise prepared for high-end conflicts and long-term strategic competition.

U.S. and Mongolia Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement Signing

DMA Pacific - Hawaii Media Bureau

Video by Tech. Sgt. Michael Jackson

Aug. 2, 2013 | 1:17

B-Roll of U.S. Pacific Command visit to the Mongolian Ministry of Defense to sign a new Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement with the Mongolian Armed Forces. The ACSA is one of the three "Foundational Agreements" that greatly facilitate the ability of partner nations' military forces to operate with US forces. It is a logistics agreement that allows the parties to mutually provide a wide range of support, supplies and services, including but not limited to food, fuel, ammunition, spare parts, medical care, transportation, lease of general purpose vehicles, airlift, sealift, warehouse storage, base security and communications. Mongolia extensively utilizes the agreement to support their forces in Afghanistan, and the US obtains the bulk of their required logistics support for EXERCISE Khan Quest using the ACSA, saving both parties considerable expense by not having to ship required items and instead obtaining them locally. Of particular importance to Mongolia, the ACSA gives them the opportunity to purchase a wide variety of fuels from over 600 DOD fuel facilities operated around the globe, and also allows them to purchase military airlift for personnel and cargo movement. The agreement is an important Security Cooperation tool, and effectively serves as a "force multiplier" by enhancing partner nation capability. Unlike the previous agreement which it replaced, the new agreement has no expiration date and will remain in force indefinitely. Available in high definition. More