US Air Force logistics officer discusses Pacific basing and drone strategy

aspect is just the sheer vastness of the Pacific. It’s just a huge area, and our aircraft are a portion of that.How do you sustain readiness and lethality so far away from your nearest major air base?Those are the questions we’re asking How many ready-to-fight aircraft can be located at that spoke?Where are we trying to put the next F-35? Or the next Next Generation Air Dominance aircraft? Where do we pre-position those aircraft, with the right kind of troops, the right kind of mentality, and the right kind of logistics support?That’s where we are putting our energies. There’s never been a luxury where there is 1,500 ready-to-fight aircraft at a base [far from a major air hub].That’s a growing pain, and it’s a challenge, but it’s what we have to do.