Airmen are gradually shifting how they prepare for deployment as part of the Air Force\u2019s new \u201cforce generation\u201d plan, the adoption of which may hit a key milestone in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the coming year, the Air Force wants enough units moving through that four-step cycle \u2014 from resetting after a deployment, to basic training, to advanced training, to mission availability \u2014 to say it has created a sufficient foundation on which to grow that process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each phase is supposed to last six months, meaning units are supposed to have 18 months at home between six-month deployments. Some airmen, particularly those in the stretched-thin mobility field, have complained on social media that they\u2019re still flying missions too often in the \u201creset\u201d phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Air Force hopes the plan, known as AFFORGEN, will be a welcome departure from the past two decades of nonstop deployments to the Middle East and Southwest Asia. That pace of operations has taken a toll on people and planes alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Expect the push for \u201cmulti-capable airmen,\u201d whose broader skill sets allow units to do more with less, to continue throughout 2023. That approach is set to hit Air Force training as well, as the service spreads pre-deployment prep throughout the year and dumps its traditional \u201cBeast Week\u201d for a new test of airmen\u2019s flexibility in combat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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