Watchdog Report Criticizes USAF’s New Deployment Model

U.S. Air Force personnel board a chartered Atlas Air 747 for a deployment in April.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force rolled out a new deployment plan without an understanding of how it would impact its bases and without an effective implementation plan which led to broad confusion, a new watchdog report says. The Government Accountability Office (GAO), in a Nov. 26 report on the new model named...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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