Air Force canceling new requirements command but keeping underpinning principles

By Vanessa Montalbano / October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Air Force will no longer stand up the Integrated Capabilities Command -- one of the hallmark institutional changes of last year's "Reoptimization for Great Power Competition," the service announced Wednesday. The decision, made by Air Force Secretary Troy Meink and outgoing Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin , puts an end to uncertainty that has reigned for months over whether the service would stick with the Biden-era effort to establish a new major command dedicated to writing requirements to...

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