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The time for change has come for two

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decades . The air force has fought hard

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and fought well against violent

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extremism . We have dominated in the

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air space and cyberspace , but this

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fight has come at a cost and our

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readiness to fight a peer adversary has

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suffered . Today's adversaries are

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challenging us in different ways to

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prepare for tomorrow . We must change

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today and regain our readiness for the

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future fight . We don't get this right

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together . If we fail to adapt , we

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risk our national security , our ideals

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and the current rules based

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international order . But if we do get

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this right together , if we do adapt

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well , preserve the freedoms , we hold

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most dear no longer will we

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crowdsource airman who meet for the

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first time at a deployed location . But

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instead we will organize into teams

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called force elements allowing us to

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train together before we fight together .

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Instead of ad hoc deployment Taskings

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for individual airmen , we are changing

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to a system of predictability . So we

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all know in advance when it's time to

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prepare what to prepare for and when

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it's time to deploy , we will be

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allowed time to reconstitute train and

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hone our skills to be ready for the

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toughest future challenges . The change

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that enables us to do this is the Air

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Force's new force generation model .

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African averaging applies to all active

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duty Air National Guard and Air Force

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Reserve operational forces averaging

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creates a 24 month cycle divided into

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46 month phases , prepare

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certify , available to commit and

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reset in the prepare phase . Airmen

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honed their skills with advanced

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training , focusing on the high end

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threat in the certify phase . Airman

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maintained peak readiness and

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participate in exercises to certify ,

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they're ready to fight as a team in the

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available to commit phase . Airmen are

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called upon to deploy with the teams .

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They have trained and exercised with

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responding to the needs of combatant

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commanders around the world . On the

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reset phase , airmen returned home from

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deployment and take necessary time to

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recover , reconnect with their families

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and then work on basic individual

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skills . The key to ensuring we

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generate forces in a predictable and

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sustainable way is through our force

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elements . Instead of deploying a

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collection of individual airmen who

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have never worked together until they

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arrive in theater . We will now

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organize airmen into standing force

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elements . These elements will train as

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a whole and deploy as a whole all

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knowing in advance where they fall into

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the rotational deployment cycle .

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Operational airmen will be part of a

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specific force element throughout an

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assignment . There are seven force

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element types , mission generation ,

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open the air base command and

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control established the airbase

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operate the air base robust the airbase

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and demand force teams . The basic

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grouping of force elements , the air

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force offers to combatant commanders to

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run air bases is called an

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expeditionary air base or X A B .

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The X A B consists of a command and

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control and established the air base

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and , and operate the airbase Force

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element . The combination of the X A B

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with mission generation force elements

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is how the air force provides airpower

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to the joint force where missions

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require robust the air base and demand

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force teams are added to the

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combination for additional capabilities .

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There are 10 XABS in each of the four

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rotational phases . This makes 40 X A B

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s identified around the total force .

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Each one built from a primary air force

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base and led by their wing commander .

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The X A B Force elements are assembled

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from within local regions to facilitate

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co located training opportunities c to

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integration and certification

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opportunities for the task mission .

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Every force element is assigned to a

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rotational phase . Each six month

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period is labeled phase A B C

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or D phase A began October 1st

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2022 with the deployment of mission

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generation force elements . X A B force

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elements will start to deploy in phase

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C beginning in October 2023

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African is about articulately impacts

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the future venice and driving strategic

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discipline , addressing the global

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demand for air force capabilities in

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this new model , every airman will know

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their average in phase and where they

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fit into these teams regaining needed

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predictability and ensuring a high

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level of combat readiness . Let there

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be no doubt the decision has been made .

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It is now time to execute . This is how

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we prepare for the high end fight of

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tomorrow and this is how we forge

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unbeatable air power for our nation .