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“We know going into the future we have an adversary that knows how we operate, so we have to change the game,” Air Force Lt. Col. Ryan Ferdinandsen, who leads the 351st Air Refueling Squadron, told Defense One. “We can’t always operate out of (RAF) Mildenhall.” A U.S. Air Force fighter wing based at nearby RAF Lakenheath is preparing for the arrival of its first F-35 stealth jet fighter for any future faceoff with Russia. According to Defense One, more than 50 additional F-35s are exp...

In Europe, US Air Force Brings Back Cold War Mobility Concept The shift from countering terrorists to Russia is also bringing cutting-edge fighter-jet simulators. RAF MILDENHALL, UK—For the 100th Air Refueling Wing, pivoting away from counter-terrorism to great power competition means reverting to Cold War concepts such as highly mobile command centers. Wing members tested their ability to move command posts among bases — a concept now dubbed Agile Combat Employment, or ACE, durin...