{"id":32248,"date":"2022-10-03T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/03\/air-force-overhauls-pre-deployment-training-for-a-new-era-in-combat\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:13:18","slug":"air-force-overhauls-pre-deployment-training-for-a-new-era-in-combat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2022\/10\/03\/air-force-overhauls-pre-deployment-training-for-a-new-era-in-combat\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force overhauls pre-deployment training for a new era in combat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force is rolling out a major change to how airmen prepare for combat deployments, hoping to reinforce those skills year-round rather than scramble at the last minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">America\u2019s airmen are worn out after decades of war in the Middle East. Their squadrons need a more predictable schedule in order to rest and recharge. But the service also wants to be able to respond to threats at a moment\u2019s notice. That requires constant preparation and practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Service officials think they\u2019ve found the solution in a new initiative called \u201cReady Airman Training.\u201d<\/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\/2022\/01\/05\/new-in-2022-can-the-air-force-find-a-smarter-way-to-deploy\/\" 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=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1000w_q95-17-1.jpg-1.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\">New in 2022: Can the Air Force find a smarter way to deploy?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A new deployment model could be ready for primetime as soon as October 2022.<\/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\">That plan, which formally took effect Oct. 1, aims to build a solid foundation of field knowledge for the next era of combat. Officials hope it will make airmen more flexible and effective in the long run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve had a very stable and manageable approach to \u2026 deployments,\u201d Maj. Gen. Albert Miller, the service\u2019s training and readiness director, told Air Force Times in an exclusive interview Sept. 30. \u201cWe [could] have them ready to deploy \u2026 in a \u2018just-in-time\u2019 fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve recognized now that we really should not have that as our approach,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ready Airman Training is part of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles \u201cCQ\u201d Brown Jr.\u2019s plan to move the service from its longtime expeditionary deployment model \u2014 which for years has provided forces to commanders around the globe nonstop but hurt training, crew rest and airmen\u2019s home lives \u2014 to a more methodical approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cyclical \u201cforce generation\u201d process rotates through four phases: \u201creset,\u201d \u201cprepare,\u201d \u201cready\u201d and \u201cavailable to commit.\u201d That formally began service-wide on Oct. 1, too.<\/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\/2022\/02\/15\/lead-wing-plan-for-air-force-deployments-takes-shape-at-nine-bases\/\" 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=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1000w_q95-10.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\">\u2018Lead wing\u2019 plan for Air Force deployments takes shape at nine bases<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The F-15E Strike Eagle, A-10C Thunderbolt II and surveillance aircraft take center stage among the lead wings.<\/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\">One-fourth of the Air Force will be in each phase at any given time. Each step lasts six months, meaning units would ideally go more than a year between combat deployments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service has traditionally asked units to pack their pre-deployment training \u2014 spanning a dozen subjects from cross-cultural communication to survival techniques \u2014 into the final month before they leave. That only adds more stress for airmen already trying to find people to pay their bills, water their plants or care for their pets while they\u2019re gone, Miller said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, squadrons will spread out that training across 18 months before they can be assigned overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis lessens the amount of training in any one month and increases an airman\u2019s ability to retain the information through repeated training events,\u201d Miller said in a Sept. 29 memo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He hopes it will create a new mindset: \u201c\u2018I\u2019m ready to do anything the nation calls me to do at any given time, because I do this consistent drumbeat of training to be ready.\u2019\u201d<\/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\/flashpoints\/2022\/02\/15\/the-us-has-spent-billions-on-equipment-and-training-in-europe-to-deter-russia-is-it-enough\/\" 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=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2619680.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\">The US has spent billions on equipment and training in Europe to deter Russia. Is it enough?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Amid the prospect of Russia invading Ukraine, top experts say the unfolding crisis will test the U.S. military\u2019s ability to seamlessly and rapidly move American troops and heavy armor across the borders of multiple countries and could also magnify potential gaps in both strategy and capability.<\/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\">Airmen don\u2019t have to check off each topic in a specific order. Instead, they should be sprinkled throughout the year. That\u2019s particularly true for refresher courses, when someone may not need to rehash as much information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Small firearms training, for example, typically entails visiting a gun range and walking through the steps like proper handling, sight alignment and clearing barrels. In the future, Miller said, a unit could bake some of those lessons into an exercise, or invite an expert to discuss it at a commander\u2019s call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s little reminders of what they learned when they were at the range [in] the initial training, to keep that level of readiness up over time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How much training an airman has to do depends on how up-to-date they are on those skills. Airmen who are considered inexperienced will need to log 40 hours of training, up from the previous expectation of 30 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSomebody\u2019s going to say, \u2018Well, you\u2019re just asking us to do more,\u2019\u201d Miller said. \u201cYes, we are asking you to do more. But the reason is, we need you to increase your basic airman readiness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once an airman qualifies as experienced, they won\u2019t have to log as many training hours in order to remain current. The requirement drops to 24 hours for experienced airmen and 15 hours for those who are in staff roles or are nondeployable.<\/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\/2021\/09\/09\/china-russia-loom-over-routine-air-operations-across-the-globe\/\" 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=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AF-Eielson_web.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\">China, Russia loom over routine air operations across the globe<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cWhat happens when our diplomats no longer have the might of the U.S. military or our economy as their backstop?\u201d said Chief of Staff Gen. Charles \u201cCQ\u201d Brown.<\/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\">Commanders will decide who is experienced or not for the next four years. After that, airmen who have completed the full gamut of training for at least four consecutive years, or two force-generation cycles, will count as \u201cexperienced,\u201d Miller\u2019s memo said. Airmen who haven\u2019t will be deemed \u201cinexperienced.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To make sure people are on track, unit leaders are asked to include that progress in monthly readiness assessments that are sent to higher headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airmen would still complete job-specific training on top of that baseline, Miller said. The same goes for \u201cagile combat employment\u201d exercises, which teach airmen how to handle missions without their normal resources, and \u201cmulti-capable airman\u201d training to broaden someone\u2019s skills beyond their own specialty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The active duty Air Force has two years to fully adopt the new plan, while the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard have four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of the same stuff, but packaged to be more ready for almost anything,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Ready Airman Training&#8221; took effect Oct. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":71902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":26,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[160,36,26,164],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3484],"class_list":["post-32248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-newsletters","category-training-sim","category-training-simulation-report"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"FWQXV6UD7JDBNCGECSD6HZFX34","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/10\/03\/air-force-overhauls-pre-deployment-training-for-a-new-era-in-combat\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Air Force overhauls pre-deployment training for a new era in combat - Defense News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Ready Airman Training&quot; took effect Oct. 1.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Air Force overhauls pre-deployment training for a new era in combat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;Ready Airman Training&quot; took effect Oct. 1.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2022\/10\/03\/air-force-overhauls-pre-deployment-training-for-a-new-era-in-combat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defense News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-03T18:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T21:13:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rachel S. 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