Reoptimization for Great Power Competition

“I’m extremely proud of the Space Force and all the good it has accomplished. But, as good as we are, as much as we’ve done, as far as we’ve come, it’s not enough. We are not yet optimized for Great Power Competition.”

~ Chief of Space Operations
Gen. Chance Saltzman

The establishment of the U.S. Space Force was a direct response to threats arising from Great Power Competition in the space domain. Nevertheless, our legacy roots leave us sub-optimized for the security environment confronting us today, and we must finish fine-tuning the service to continue meeting its National Defense Strategy responsibilities

In early 2024, the Department of the Air Force unveiled sweeping plans for reshaping, refocusing, and reoptimizing the Air Force and Space Force to ensure continued supremacy in their respective domains while better posturing the services to deter and, if necessary, prevail in an era of Great Power Competition. Through a series of 24 DAF-wide key decisions, four core areas which demand the Department’s attention will be addressed: Develop People, Generate Readiness, Project Power and Develop Capabilities.

The space domain is no longer benign; it has rapidly become congested and contested.

We must enhance our capabilities, develop Guardians for modern warfare, prepare for the high intensity fight, and strengthen our power projection to thrive and win in this new era of Great Power Competition.

Video by Sgt. Eliezer Melendez

Aviation Assets assist in Power Grid reconstruction

113th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

Oct. 26, 2017 | 2:14

The Puerto Rico National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF) together with Georgia Army National Guard’s Detachment 1, Bravo Company, 1-169th General Support Aviation Battalion, take to the air to transport high-voltage transmission towers parts to an assembly location in Salinas, Puerto Rico, where civilian contractors will configure them to be utilized in the reconstruction of the electrical grid in the Island after Hurricane María, October 26. The two Chinook helicopters from the 169th prove to be the most efficient work-horse support vehicles for this mission by effortlessly lifting and transporting through the air all heavy sections needed to assemble and replace seven high-voltage transmission towers downed by the hurricane in just a day. The same mission would have taken several days of coordination and then some more in time consuming execution if it was to be carried out by road vehicles.