Air Force to rethink its installations in new action plan focused on Indo-Pacific threat

By Vanessa Montalbano / July 5, 2024 at 5:00 AM
The Air Force's new promise of "Reoptimization for Great Power Competition" -- centered on the belief that the service needs to be better postured to win in a potential fight with China -- is forcing officials to confront "two important realities" concerning the resiliency of their installations, Ravi Chaudhary, assistant Air Force secretary for energy, installations and environment, told Inside Defense . The first is the “declared intent of our adversaries to attack our critical infrastructure using both kinetic and...

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