AMC and AFMC Commanders Discuss Logistics and Deterrence

"Vast distances and few areas to use as supply nodes … all potentially during a period of competition." That is how Royal Air Force Air Commodore Jez Attridge described the task at hand in the Pacific as moderator of a mobility panel discussion at the Air and Space Forces Association 2023 Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colorado, March 7.

The panel, titled "Logistics on the Attack," was a conversation about the buildup and sustainment of materiel necessary to "set the theater," featuring Gen. Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, and Gen. Duke Richardson, commander of Air Force Materiel Command — the two leaders with the most skin in the game for the successful delivery of logistics effects.

Richardson began by highlighting his charge to address integration across the logistics enterprise.

"Both the level of the threat we are facing and the idea of how we are going to answer it through a distributed laydown of forces really drives the need for integration," he said.

Airmen assigned to the 730th Air Mobility Squadron load a C-17 engine onto a C-17 Globemaster III May, 4, 2021, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The 730th AMS gave the engine to Kadena Air Base Airmen assigned to the 733rd AMS to enhance their training program, allowing maintainers to sharpen their skills on a real asset without the chance of damaging an operational aircraft. Finding ways to improve training helps increase the readiness and resilience of our force and ensures Pacific Air Forces' ability to fight and win if needed. — U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 730th Air Mobility Squadron load a C-17 Globemaster III engine onto a C-17, May, 4, 2021, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The 730th AMS gave the engine to Kadena AB Airmen assigned to the 733rd AMS to enhance their training program, allowing maintainers to sharpen their skills on a real asset without the chance of damaging an operational aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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