Air Force Special Ops Pivots Strategy Toward Major Power Warfare
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Warrior Maven
By Kris Osborn - Warrior Maven
Attacking enemy fighters in close-air-support aircraft, using ground-based laser designators to “paint†targets for aircraft and training friendly forces for the rigors of high-casualty close-in combat -- are all US Air Force Special Operations Force skills tested and refined during the last decade and a half of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Drawing upon these Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs), Air Force Special Operations Command is accelerating a strategic shift from its recent counterinsurgency focus to preparing for “high-end†combat - or major force-on-force warfare against a technologically advanced enemy.
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