The Air Force will send units from across the United States to the Pacific next summer for an exercise designed to test the way it plans to deploy forces in a potential conflict with China.

U.S. Air Force Gen. David Allvin recently suggested a potential shift away from the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, hinting at the development of a "Light Fighter" concept. -This new approach emphasizes adaptability over durability,

U.S. Air Force units will deploy from bases in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and elsewhere across the United States to forward locations in the Western Pacific as part of a massive new air combat exercise. REFORPAC will give the service a unique opportunity to test out still-evolving concepts for how to get large forces relatively quickly to far-flung locales and force structure changes to make units more readily deployable.

A new, massive exercise will look at how US forces can quickly respond in force to a conflict in the Pacific region.