Fully implementing the Air Force's Agile Combat Employment concept in the Indo-Pacific will require large upfront investments to better defend proliferated bases, an Air Force official said this week at the Mitchell Institute. Large, comprehensive bases create valuable targets for potential adversaries, which is why ACE was listed as one of Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s Operational Imperatives. Smaller hubs and spokes throughout U.S. Indo-Pacific Command will need funding to integrate new defense technologies. “We’re in a cat-and-mouse game with...
