Department of the Air Force releases installation re-optimization plan to enable capabilities for Great Power Competition

Published Dec. 11, 2024
Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs

WASHINGTON (AFNS) --

The Department of the Air Force released its Installation Infrastructure Action Plan today to adapt its installations to the challenges of Great Power Competition.

The I2AP effort is designed to re-optimize installations by better aligning them with mission critical capabilities, right-sizing vital infrastructure and building more resiliency with tailored approaches at our installations.

“This plan sets the direction for our bases for the next fifteen years,” said Dr. Ravi Chaudhary, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations and Environment. “It’s a comprehensive and strategic approach to our infrastructure and focuses on one thing – ensuring our installations are competitive for GPC.”

The I2AP is designed to deliver combat power with enough speed, range and intensity to deter our adversaries, and if needed win decisively.

“Ensuring the readiness of our installations, even while under attack, will be crucial in this decade of consequence,” Chaudhary said.

The plan will address challenges including aging and excess facilities, emerging cyber threats that threaten infrastructure and make bases more vulnerable to adversaries, hazardous weather events and increasing costs of constructing and maintaining infrastructure.

It also builds off the department’s 2019 Infrastructure Investment Strategy by taking lessons learned, applying process changes using current resources, and prioritizing investments through a GPC lens.

The department will update the plan as necessary to address new policies, technology innovation and evolving missions that answer emerging installations concerns.

“Our installations will be the margin of victory in Great Power Competition. It’s an endeavor in which we dare not come in second place—and we won’t,” Chaudhary said.