BLUF

Members of the newest special tactics career field, special reconnaissance (SR), are trained to infiltrate enemy territory and gather information on hostile air defences.

Summary

KEY POINTS:
  1. That mission is part of a larger SR shift.
  2. The focus now is preparing for conflicts with near-peer adversaries such as China and Russia.
  3. USAF says it is paving the way for what it thinks ‘forward ops’ is going to look like.

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