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Air Combat Command Eyes Organizational Changes To Enhance Multi-Domain Operations

By Marc Selinger

Monday, November 20th, 2017

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Air Combat Command Eyes Organizational Changes To Enhance Multi-Domain Operations

Gen. James "Mike" Holmes, head of the Air Force's Air Combat Command, speaks at an Air Force Association event. (Photo by Marc Selinger/Defense Daily)

The U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC) is studying potential organizational changes to improve its ability to operate seamlessly across multiple domains, ACC’s leader said Nov. 20.The review is looking at how best to integrate ACC’s air superiority, attack, command and control, cyber and information warfare, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities, said Gen. James "Mike" Holmes, ACC’s commander. It is also exploring how to better link ACC with Air Force Mobility, Global Strike and Space Commands and…

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