WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has scrapped its plan to create an independent command expected to drive modernization developments. “This restructuring will accelerate the delivery of combat power, ...

This year the Army has embarked on one of its biggest transformations in decades, while the Air Force dropped most of its sweeping plans.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin laid out the service's plans for creating a new Integrated Capabilities Command by the end of the year, which will centralize its future planning efforts.

The Air Force is dropping large portions of the previous administration's "reoptimization" plan, but keeping other aspects such as multi-capable airmen.

Air Force Sec. Troy Meink, right, shown during a June budget hearing. (Eric Dietrich/Air Force) The Air Force has scrapped its outgoing chief of staff’s plan to create an independent command focused ...

Maj. Gen. Douglas Schiess conducts a ceremony with members of the Vandenberg Base Honor Guard team at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. Credit: U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Luke Kitterman ...

The Air Force’s warrant officer training school is open for business, marking a return to the service after nearly 70 years. The school, which held an assumption of command ceremony Friday at Maxwell ...

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