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.

Aviation Academics - Letter B - Bogue

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point

Video by Pfc. Ethan Pumphret

Aug. 4, 2017 | 0:45

“B” is for Bogue – Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C.

In May of 1963, the Chief of Naval Operations designated Bogue Field as a Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field to supplement Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina’s parent aviation activity. As Air Station Order 11014 states, ‘the mission of MCALF Bogue is to provide expeditionary airfield support training for the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and to provide a facility for the evaluation of expeditionary airfield equipment’.

Bogue is sited on 837 acres of government property located four miles east of Swansboro, North Carolina. The commanding officer of MCAS Cherry Point is the commander of MCALF Bogue and exercises overall administrative control. The commanding general of 2nd MAW exercises command of 2nd MAW Personnel utilizing MCALF Bogue and, as a tenant, exercises operational control over assigned facilities.

MCALF Bogue is the only site on the East Coast that offers Marine Corps pilots the opportunity to simulate taking-off and landing on aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships; a vital skill they need to maintain to accomplish their missions while conducting forward deployed operations. More