{"id":42789,"date":"2024-07-10T22:35:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T22:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/07\/10\/air-combat-command-boss-makes-the-case-for-uniform-ops-inspections\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:22:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:22:51","slug":"air-combat-command-boss-makes-the-case-for-uniform-ops-inspections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/07\/10\/air-combat-command-boss-makes-the-case-for-uniform-ops-inspections\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Combat Command boss makes the case for uniform, ops inspections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kansas City Chiefs didn\u2019t just show up and win this year\u2019s Super Bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tough practice sessions, hard work and coaching were required to win the game. That\u2019s how Air Combat Command boss Gen. Kenneth Wilbach expects his airmen to gear up for their own potential fight \u2014 not on the gridiron, but across the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/06\/18\/thousands-of-airmen-face-inspection-as-4-star-warns-of-lax-standards\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8473831.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Thousands of airmen face inspection as 4-star warns of lax standards<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Air Combat Command boss Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach has given the command&#039;s 28 wings a month to inspect all airmen for compliance with dress and appearance regs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to plan on doing hard things together and we\u2019re going to give opportunities to fail,\u201d Wilsbach said in an online conversation with the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies on Wednesday. \u201cLeaders are going to coach and mentor, and when you do that, just like the Kansas City Chiefs, you can win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilsbach\u2019s comments came three weeks after he caused a stir across the force with a command-wide memo directing all ACC wings to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/06\/18\/thousands-of-airmen-face-inspection-as-4-star-warns-of-lax-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\">complete inspections within a month<\/a> to ensure all airmen are adhering to dress and grooming standards, and that personnel records match up with medical and religious exemptions on matters such as beards. The directive has sparked a frenzy of questions on social media about which uniforms airmen must wear for the checks and sent some scrambling to find dress blues amid limited stock at base exchanges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He doubled down Wednesday, arguing that attention to small details forms the building blocks of success. The four-star added that he\u2019s empowered all airmen, regardless of rank, to point out when another airman is not meeting standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/06\/27\/can-four-big-commands-prepare-the-air-force-to-win-wars\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/240516-Z-YU823-9105.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Can four big commands prepare the Air Force to win wars?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Combat readiness, careerlong training, acquisition and future force planning will fall under four major organizations, Air Force officials said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat I learned many years ago is \u2026 when it gets hard and you need to do something difficult, because you\u2019ve been disciplined to pay attention to the details \u2026 you can succeed,\u201d Wilsbach said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The general himself was inspected Tuesday \u2014 his first time since he was a Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet \u2014 at ACC headquarters at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilsbach took over as the head of ACC in February, the same month that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/02\/13\/air-force-unveils-command-changes-wing-plans-in-bid-to-outpace-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall announced a sweeping set of initiatives <\/a>to prepare the service for future conflict with China and other advanced militaries. That includes an expanded role for ACC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/06\/27\/can-four-big-commands-prepare-the-air-force-to-win-wars\/\" target=\"_blank\">which would take on a broader role overseeing force-wide combat readiness<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The command is also slated to shed some of its subordinate organizations, like those overseeing cyber and Middle East operations, to give them more control over their own planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under that plan, Wilsbach said ACC would be the \u201csynchronizer\u201d for exercises that contribute to other major commands\u2019 ability to jump into action. He added that commands in charge of assets like tankers and bombers should still be responsible for their own readiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe certainly can be the synchronizer and help manage the exercises all over the world, so that their crews and our crews have the opportunity to work together,\u201d Wilsbach said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ACC would rely on commanders around the globe and their service components, like Air Forces Central, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa and Pacific Air Forces, to pull together forces who don\u2019t typically collaborate, Wilsbach said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of work for Air Combat Command in the future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while ACC airmen face individual inspections, wings may expect to see more operational readiness inspections as well. Some of those will pop up without notice, Wilsbach said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to get out there and we\u2019re going to say, \u2018Hey, you\u2019re having an inspection today. You generate, you deploy, you employ and you redeploy, and that\u2019s what you\u2019re gonna get inspected on,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A combination of no-notice inspections and previously scheduled ones have already gone forward, Wilsbach said, in which the command aims to look for pain points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you can assess where you are, then you can put resources in areas that tend to be weak or that you need to improve on,\u201d he said. \u201cThese inspections have helped us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air Combat Command boss Gen. 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