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The time for change has come for two 

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decades . The air force has fought hard 

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and fought well against violent 

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extremism . We have dominated in the 

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air space and cyberspace , but this 

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fight has come at a cost and our 

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readiness to fight a peer adversary has 

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suffered . Today's adversaries are 

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challenging us in different ways to 

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prepare for tomorrow . We must change 

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today and regain our readiness for the 

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future fight . We don't get this right 

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together . If we fail to adapt , we 

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risk our national security , our ideals 

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and the current rules based 

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international order . But if we do get 

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this right together , if we do adapt 

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well , preserve the freedoms , we hold 

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most dear no longer will we 

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crowdsource airman who meet for the 

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first time at a deployed location . But 

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instead we will organize into teams 

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called force elements allowing us to 

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train together before we fight together . 

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Instead of ad hoc deployment Taskings 

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for individual airmen , we are changing 

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to a system of predictability . So we 

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all know in advance when it's time to 

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prepare what to prepare for and when 

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it's time to deploy , we will be 

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allowed time to reconstitute train and 

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hone our skills to be ready for the 

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toughest future challenges . The change 

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that enables us to do this is the Air 

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Force's new force generation model . 

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African averaging applies to all active 

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duty Air National Guard and Air Force 

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Reserve operational forces averaging 

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creates a 24 month cycle divided into 

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46 month phases , prepare 

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certify , available to commit and 

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reset in the prepare phase . Airmen 

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honed their skills with advanced 

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training , focusing on the high end 

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threat in the certify phase . Airman 

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maintained peak readiness and 

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participate in exercises to certify , 

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they're ready to fight as a team in the 

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available to commit phase . Airmen are 

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called upon to deploy with the teams . 

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They have trained and exercised with 

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responding to the needs of combatant 

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commanders around the world . On the 

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reset phase , airmen returned home from 

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deployment and take necessary time to 

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recover , reconnect with their families 

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and then work on basic individual 

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skills . The key to ensuring we 

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generate forces in a predictable and 

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sustainable way is through our force 

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elements . Instead of deploying a 

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collection of individual airmen who 

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have never worked together until they 

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arrive in theater . We will now 

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organize airmen into standing force 

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elements . These elements will train as 

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a whole and deploy as a whole all 

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knowing in advance where they fall into 

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the rotational deployment cycle . 

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Operational airmen will be part of a 

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specific force element throughout an 

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assignment . There are seven force 

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element types , mission generation , 

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open the air base command and 

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control established the airbase 

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operate the air base robust the airbase 

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and demand force teams . The basic 

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grouping of force elements , the air 

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force offers to combatant commanders to 

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run air bases is called an 

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expeditionary air base or X A B . 

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The X A B consists of a command and 

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control and established the air base 

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and , and operate the airbase Force 

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element . The combination of the X A B 

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with mission generation force elements 

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is how the air force provides airpower 

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to the joint force where missions 

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require robust the air base and demand 

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force teams are added to the 

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combination for additional capabilities . 

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There are 10 XABS in each of the four 

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rotational phases . This makes 40 X A B 

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s identified around the total force . 

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Each one built from a primary air force 

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base and led by their wing commander . 

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The X A B Force elements are assembled 

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from within local regions to facilitate 

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co located training opportunities c to 

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integration and certification 

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opportunities for the task mission . 

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Every force element is assigned to a 

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rotational phase . Each six month 

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period is labeled phase A B C 

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or D phase A began October 1st 

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2022 with the deployment of mission 

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generation force elements . X A B force 

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elements will start to deploy in phase 

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C beginning in October 2023 

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African is about articulately impacts 

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the future venice and driving strategic 

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discipline , addressing the global 

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demand for air force capabilities in 

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this new model , every airman will know 

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their average in phase and where they 

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fit into these teams regaining needed 

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predictability and ensuring a high 

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level of combat readiness . Let there 

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be no doubt the decision has been made . 

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It is now time to execute . This is how 

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we prepare for the high end fight of 

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tomorrow and this is how we forge 

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unbeatable air power for our nation .