“The real intent is to consolidate everything that isn’t ‘doing the mission’ and give back that time to the mission-doers who were handling chaff or staff work,” said Daniel Cass, 49th Wing Chief of Staff. This addition to the existing 49th Wing structure will streamline taskings and operational requests from higher headquarters as they filter down to the squadron level. CQ Brown, Jr., aimed at more closely aligning the structure of Air Force to its sister services at the lowest level, increasing interoperability and cohesion in joint settings, a necessity for any future armed conflicts. Wing-level implementation of an A-staff construct is a directive of Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. This essential framework will allow them to execute rapid decision-making and responsiveness, and build the leaders needed to fight and win the conflicts of the future. This transition will ensure all combat aircrew training with the 49th Wing will start their Air Force careers with a more fundamental alignment with joint partners. Summertime will see the A-staff reach full operational capability in time to share the best practices and lessons learned from the 49th Wing integration with the many other wings throughout the 19th AF and AETC. Dale Weller, 49th Wing Director of staff.

“By doing this Phase 1, we get the chance to blaze the trail for the 19th Air Force,” said U.S. The 49th Wing A-Staff achieved initial operational capability in the beginning of April, with the rest of the quarter dedicated to evaluate and optimize the system before reaching full implementation. The 49th Wing stood up its first A-staff, one of three wings in Air Education and Training Command to begin this transition ahead of the command-wide implementation later this year.

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