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Department of Air Force to Create Integrated Capabilities Office, Focus on Large Exercises As Part of Upping Game for ‘Great Power Competition’

Department of Air Force to Create Integrated Capabilities Office, Focus on Large Exercises As Part of Upping Game for ‘Great Power Competition’
First Lt. Jake Heydinger, 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron pilot, prepares for flight in support of exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-1 at Nellis AFB Nev. on Jan. 25. About 3,000 U.S. service members were expected to fly, maintain and support more than 150 aircraft from 24 units in more than 10 locations during Bamboo Eagle, a U.S. Air Force Warfare Center exercise executed during what would typically be the third week of exercise Red Flag 24-1 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is to create an Integrated Capabilities Office and focus on large scale, multi-weapon exercises as part of a "reoptimization" of the department for Great Power Competition (GPC), Air Force and Space Force leaders said on Feb. 12 at the Air Force Association annual warfare symposium in Aurora, Colorado. The DAF Integrated Capabilities Office is to lead "capability development and resource prioritization to drive Department of the Air Force modernization investments," the department said,…

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