Inside the Air Force highlights

Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Air Force:

1. Lessons learned from the Air Force's first multidomain command-and-control war game last month are now helping shape the fiscal year 2020 budget as well as its experimentation priorities, according to the service's operations director.

Full story: MDC2 war game spurs Air Force to shift budget, experimentation priorities

2. The Pentagon appears to have classified a congressionally required Center for Naval Analyses report recommending a roadmap for standing up an independent Space Force, according to multiple sources.

Full story: Sources: DOD classified congressionally directed, independent Space Force roadmap

3. While President Trump has ordered the re-establishment of U.S. Space Command, according to a White House memo, multiple sources tell Inside Defense the Pentagon is still working through key details of those plans, including where to locate the new combatant command.

Full story: Trump orders re-establishment of SPACECOM, but key details unknown

4. The Air Force has yet to reveal much detail on how it will achieve its vision to grow from 312 operational squadrons to 386, but a series of wargaming and planning efforts slated to begin next year should help the service understand its options for addressing near- and long-term threats.

Full story: AFWIC wargaming aimed at helping flesh out future force structure needs