The Air Force is deactivating and realigning organizations at headquarters Air Force, major commands, numbered air forces and field operating agencies, with a goal of saving $1.6 billion across the Air Force over the next five years, according to a service statement.

Known as the Air Force Management Headquarters Review, the changes are a result of an effort to reduce overhead costs, increase efficiencies, eliminate redundant activities and improve effectiveness and business processes. The changes will also help meet the Defense Department’s directive to reduce costs and staff levels by 20 percent, eliminating 3,459 positions at headquarters across the Air Force, both in country and at overseas locations.

Air Force B-2 (left), F-22. Photo: U.S. Air Force
Air Force B-2 (left), F-22.
Photo: U.S. Air Force

The largest initiative will include centralizing policy and oversight of installation and mission support activities within a newly created Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center (AFIMSC), which will report to Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC). Execution winll remain at the local level.

The Air Force will also make changes to the headquarters Air Force staff organization by splitting Operations, Plan and Requirements (A3/5) and Strategic Plans and Programs (A8) and reorganizing them into the new Operations (A3) organization, which will stand alone and merge the planning staffs into the new A5/8 organization.