US Joint Forces Command , the DOD joint deployment process owner, and US Transportation Command, the DOD distribution process owner, have penned a joint vision statement to “align interrelated joint deployment and distribution actions for better mutual performance and to add value for the warfighter,” according to a TRANSCOM news release. JFCOM commander, Air Force Gen. Lance Smith, said the agreement forms “the first step to a better environment that will allow the sharing and maturation of new ideas.”
The Air Force’s nascent KC-Z program, aimed at developing a next-generation family of systems for aerial refueling, will look to launch its analysis-of-alternatives study in 2024, years earlier than originally planned. Originally, the analysis of alternatives for KC-Z was set for “maybe in the 2030s,” Paul Waugh, program executive officer…