To meet anti-access/area denial challenges of peer-adversary conflict in the Western Pacific, agile combat employment should leverage joint capabilities for greater effectiveness.

Mission type orders, essential to mission command, should complement air tasking orders even when communication is robust. Procedural, experiential, and cultural changes are needed to enhance large-scale air warfare command.

Implementing Agile hardware, autonomy, and machine learning in aircraft design and training can enable the Air Force to accelerate fielding, enhance adaptability, and meet evolving defense needs.

Six air campaigns since Desert Storm highlight the challenges of Air Force targeting readiness, revealing how proactive strategies, sustained expertise, and investment are vital to improve targeting proficiency and ensure success in future conflicts.