{"id":32241,"date":"2021-08-09T21:24:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T21:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/08\/09\/the-air-forces-chief-of-staff-lays-out-a-new-way-to-deploy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:13:18","slug":"the-air-forces-chief-of-staff-lays-out-a-new-way-to-deploy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2021\/08\/09\/the-air-forces-chief-of-staff-lays-out-a-new-way-to-deploy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Air Force\u2019s chief of staff lays out a new way to deploy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Air Force units are moving toward two-year combat deployment cycles that service leaders hope will keep airmen and their planes mission-ready without stretching them too thin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The service wants to add a needed dose of predictability to its operations after three decades of nonstop military involvement in the Middle East. It comes as its focus and resources are increasingly split between continued air warfare in southeast Asia and Africa, and countering Russian influence and Chinese strength across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor the past 15, 16 years \u2026 whatever was needed, we would send,\u201d Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles \u201cCQ\u201d Brown said at an Aug. 6 event hosted by the National Press Club. \u201cWhat we\u2019re doing is running ourselves ragged.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t