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Show September 9, 1999 Many promises fulfilled soon, Ryan says by TSgt. Timothy Hoffman Air Force Space Command Public Affairs PETERSON AFB, Colo. (AFPN) Airman will see of to them. fulmade the many promises recently filled over the next six months, says the Air Force chief of staff. Gen. Michael E. Ryan discussed the integration of air and space, the stand up of new aerospace expeditionary forces and increases in pay during his visit here Sept. 1. In the area of air and space integration, airmen won't have to wait six months; they have already experienced it in Kosovo. "Space has become integral to all the operations we do; that's why we call ourselves an aerospace force," said Ryan. The general said there have been great strides in incorporating space systems since Operation Desert Storm. "I think this is more of a journey than an end goal in what we call aerospace integration," he said. "Integration is the process of making sure all the systems we have within our military capability interact with each other in a synergistic way, in an additive way, and that they are more than just a sum of their parts. In Kosovo we saw that in spades." Ryan said space was involved across the spectrum of operations, in areas like surveillance, intelligence, reconnaissance, navigation, weather and communication.. .' v, . .;.-- "They were lashed together with reachback capability that used space as the medium for communication," he said. "We were lashed together in reconnaissance, intelligence and a lot of other ways that when all pulled together, come together to give you an overwhelming capability." Ryan said an interesting example of this "lashing together" of all the pieces during Kosovo was the use of the U-- 2 reconnaissance aircraft. Live Taping & Video from Teazers., ning and scheduling people for contingencies around the world. The expeditionary aerospace force concept will help in this area, said the general. "It is important to remember our high optempo is driven by external factors," said Ryan. "It is driven by residual requirements left over by previous conflicts." The general was quick to point out that because of Kosovo the Air Force has yet to feel the advantages aerospace expeditionary forces will bring. "This last operation in Kosovo was a major theater war for the U.S. Air Force. We, by percentage of force, used more of our force than we did in Desert Storm not for as long, but more of the force. We certainly used more of the force than we ever used in Vietnam, again not as long, but more of the force. For those units that went to Kosovo we are in a recovery phase that we are just starting to come out of," said Ryan. ff If we did not have the (Aerospace Expeditionary Force) structure we would not have anything to recover back to after a major theater war. What is your steady state from an optempo standpoint? We say it's two AEFs online at any one time. That's what we can stand and still train and sustain the force. -- 'The Gen. Michael Ryan y The optempo the force has had since Desert Storm is what the AEF is trying to take care day-to-da- of, Ryan said. surveillancereconnaissance capability or downloaded to a station on the was which then beamed it to satellites that delivground, to Beale AFB (Calif.)," said Ryan. information the ered "There, a group of reachback folks worked on the utility and military meaningfulness of that information. Finally, this interpreted data was fed back through satellite communications right to the operations folks ' U-2- 's down-beame- "Does it reduce the total optempo? No," he said. "What it does though is allow us to be very predictable about when we are going to send our people to these areas." This opens the door for a greater use of Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve people. "As we use Guard and Reserve forces more, it lessens some of the active-dut- y tempo," said Ryan. "It puts and predictability stability in the lives of our folks, unless we have another major theater war." This expeditionary force structure also gives a baseline for normal operations to continue. "If we did not have the AEF structure we would not have anything to recover back to after a major theater war," said Ryan. "What is your steady state from an optempo standpoint? We say it's two AEFs online at any one time. That's what we can stand and still train and sustain the force. So, it has a big impact, but it El See Ryan, page 6 d ; r." t Although air and space integration is moving along, Ryan said the Air Force is just beginning to see the results of the process. "The fusion of the data that we collect with interpreted information is one of the things we have to work really hard," said Ryan. 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