Mountain Home AFB experiencing BIG changes with Gunfighter Flag and Double Barrel 23-1 Exercise

Col. Ernesto DiVittorio, 366th Fighter Wing Commander, MHAFB

Commander of Air Combat Command, Gen Mark Kelly has named Mountain Home AFB as one of five Lead Wing Units that are part of the Combat Air Force’s transition to the new force generation model.

Gen. Kelly stated that “this shift takes us from a reactive force optimized for counter-insurgency ops over the past 20 years in permissive environments, to wings ready to deploy as high-performing, task-organized combat teams, and operate in a contested environment with joint and coalition partners.” Lead Wings are certified to deploy with agility, hard and fast. “Ready for crisis, before crisis. Ready for combat before combat. Establish unity of effort before its needed.”

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