Air Force Materiel Command — the major Wright-Patterson Air Force Base-headquartered mission responsible for equipping the Air Force — revealed new details Thursday on how the Air Force's planned reorganization will impact it.
The changes will involve no significant job disruptions, a spokesman for the command said Thursday.
“No significant change or disruption of jobs is planned,” the spokesman said in response to questions from the Dayton Daily News. “Implementation details are still being worked [on]. The workforce changes are primarily focused on organizational alignment and reporting chain to better posture the command to great power competition strategic challenges.”
The most notable change at Wright-Patterson is the redesignation of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to the “Air Force Air Dominance Systems Center.” And AFMC will oversee seven centers instead of the current structure of six.
The new, seventh center will be the Air Force Information Dominance Systems Center. The current Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center will become the Air Force Nuclear Systems Center, retaining its focus on nuclear deterrence, with a new program executive office, focused on intercontinental ballistic missiles, to be headed by a two-star general.
The changes have been driven by the need to compete with China and Russia, and that imperative has taken on increasing urgency in the eyes of national defense and Air Force leaders.
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