SCIENCE & TECH
Air Force Special Operations Looks To Reinvent Itself On the Cheap
Cargo planes that drop cruise missiles from pallets and land on water show how air special operators are trying to trick out what they’ve already got on the tarmac.
PATRICK TUCKER | MARCH 2, 2022 05:18 PM ET
AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS
Long known for supporting ground operations, Air Force Special Operations Command is now looking to plague adversaries in new ways—and to do it on the cheap, the force’s commander says.
That will mean creating new capabilities and finding new uses for things either already in the inventory of AFSOC or easily obtainable, Lt. Gen. James C. “Jim” Slife told the Global SOF Foundation’s Air Warfare Symposium in Florida last week.
By next year, for instance, AFSOC’s Commando II Amphibious Capability project aims to turn its signature C-130 airlifter into an amphibious plane that can take off and land on water.
“We’re in a good place with this,” Slife said.
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2022/03/air-force-special-operations-looks-reinvent-itself-cheap/362689/
