Comments on: The 2010 QDR and COIN: some initial thoughts http://kingsofwar.org.uk/2010/01/the-2010-qdr/ Wed, 16 May 2012 14:07:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The 2010 QDR is Here « Automatic Ballpoint http://kingsofwar.org.uk/2010/01/the-2010-qdr/comment-page-1/#comment-4301 The 2010 QDR is Here « Automatic Ballpoint Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:13:19 +0000 http://kingsofwar.org.uk/?p=3245#comment-4301 [...] roundup: Curzon at ComingAnarchy, Kings of War’s David Ucko, David Axe, and Foreign Policy offers a “How to Read the QDR” [...] [...] roundup: Curzon at ComingAnarchy, Kings of War’s David Ucko, David Axe, and Foreign Policy offers a “How to Read the QDR” [...]

]]> By: Gunrunner http://kingsofwar.org.uk/2010/01/the-2010-qdr/comment-page-1/#comment-4255 Gunrunner Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:28:00 +0000 http://kingsofwar.org.uk/?p=3245#comment-4255 As an update, from today's Air Force Magazine On-Line: Meet Your Air Force, in Rough Form: The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review is set for release Monday. But a draft iteration circulating inside the Washington, D.C., beltway last week shed some light on what to expect, such as Air Force plans to field a force structure of 71 to72 combat wings between 2011 and 2015. This includes: 29 airlift and aerial refueling wing-equivalents (with 33 primary mission aircraft per unit); 11 to 12 theater strike wing-equivalents (with 72 PMA per unit); 10 space and cyberspace wings; eight intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance wings (with approximately 300 total aircraft); five long-range strike (bomb) wings (with up to 96 PMA); five air superiority wing-equivalents (with 72 PMA per unit); and three command and control wings (with a total of 30 aircraft and five air and space operations centers). By comparison, the 2006 QDR organized the Air Force around 86 combat wings. Stay tuned for more. As an update, from today’s Air Force Magazine On-Line:

Meet Your Air Force, in Rough Form: The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review is set for release Monday. But a draft iteration circulating inside the Washington, D.C., beltway last week shed some light on what to expect, such as Air Force plans to field a force structure of 71 to72 combat wings between 2011 and 2015. This includes: 29 airlift and aerial refueling wing-equivalents (with 33 primary mission aircraft per unit); 11 to 12 theater strike wing-equivalents (with 72 PMA per unit); 10 space and cyberspace wings; eight intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance wings (with approximately 300 total aircraft); five long-range strike (bomb) wings (with up to 96 PMA); five air superiority wing-equivalents (with 72 PMA per unit); and three command and control wings (with a total of 30 aircraft and five air and space operations centers). By comparison, the 2006 QDR organized the Air Force around 86 combat wings. Stay tuned for more.

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