Did you notice that the latest QDR, which contains so much about everything else, contains no force structure chart at all? Each of the three earlier top-to-bottom reviews (in 1993, 1997, and 2001) provided details about forthcoming force structure. Check here for a summary of what the Pentagon actually does say about the subject. It’s not much.
Airmen will have more predictability about deployments under the new force presentation model the Air Force is developing, but the application will make USAF less predictable to adversaries, Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown said Feb. 24. He also explained what he considers "legacy" systems, to be divested to…