G Larry Thompson

The Quick Response Air Force: Decisive Expeditionary Airpower for the Future? G Larry Thompson

How should the US military structure its forces to provide the NCA an on-call, sustainable, and responsive airpower force worldwide? This analysis concludes the answer is to reorganize existing forces into a Quick Response Airpower Force (QRAF). The QRAF concept involves a force structure that can help reduce the operations tempo in the DOD by replacing forward presence with a credible continental United States-based, quick response, deterrent force. This group of forces can be tailored to the unpredictable challenges of the future.