The U.S. Air Force needs to improve its "stand-in" capabilities for envisioned, future conflicts in which adversaries have advanced, anti-air and other anti-access/area-denial systems, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. said on Aug. 29. Asked at an American Enterprise Institute forum whether the Air Force is ready to be a "stand-in" force in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility, Brown replied, "No. We have some work to do, but I also believe we've got to…
