The Air Force has merged the Air Force Doctrine Center with the College for Aerospace Doctrine, Research, and Education to form the Air Force Doctrine Development and Education Center. The former Doctrine Center boss, Maj. Gen. Allen Peck, now heads the new AFDDEC, in addition to remaining Air University vice commander. The new center’s charter comprises leading development of operational-level doctrine and establishing USAF’s position in joint and multinational doctrine. And, it also has to carry on the CADRE role, which involved providing some educational courses, running media training for general officers, and hosting the Warfare Studies Institute.
F-15s, F-16s, C-130s Deploy for Exercise in Poland
April 19, 2021
USAF F-15s, F-16s, and C-130s are training in Poland in an agile combat employment exercise that comes as Russia has executed a massive buildup on the border with neighboring Ukraine, though U.S. officials say the exercise was long-planned. F-15Es from the 492nd Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, England; F-16s from…