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CCAs to Have Short Sustainment ‘Tail’

CCAs to Have Short Sustainment ‘Tail’
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Flosi hear about maintenance requirements from personnel on Oct. 17th at Osan Air Base. South Korea--including the "paint barn," to keep aircraft free of corrosion (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force wants a short sustainment "tail" for its future fleet of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs), as the service's Integrated Capabilities Command seeks to help the continuation of modernization programs, such as CCA, through combining Air Force command inputs at the corporate Air Force level to ensure that one command, such as Air Combat Command, does not provide a go-ahead for a modernization effort only to see Air Force headquarters kill it, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.…

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