RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Nov. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news release:
When military forces are dispersed across remote forward locations, combat tempo is only as fast as the slowest communication link. As the U.S. Air Force operationalizes Agile Combat Employment (ACE) to rapidly deploy small-footprint teams to austere airfields worldwide, mission success won't rely solely on advanced aircraft and precision munitions. It will depend on whether specialized teams of Airmen can negotiate fuel, repair bomb-damaged runways, and coordinate with host-nation allies under pressure without missing a beat.
To prevent language and cultural barriers from stalling operations on forward flightlines, Air ...