SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. —
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. – Members from the 12th Air Task Force A-Staff, headquartered here, attended a workshop recently that focused on the development of Combat Support Training Ranges at Tyndall AFB, Florida, and Fort Bliss, Texas.
The workshop was sponsored by the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, and the 12th ATF was joined by the 12th Combat Air Base Squadron’s leadership team along with personnel from Headquarters Air Force, Air Mobility Command, and several other ATFs and CABS while at Tyndall AFB.
Combat Support Training Ranges, or CSTRs, are intended to provide physical locations to conduct cross-functional unit training, core capability assessments, mission rehearsal and advanced exercises. CSTR sites will play a crucial role in helping the Air Force, the ATFs and their corresponding CABS train and certify for future deployments.
AFIMSC began developing CSTR sites in 2023 and is aggressively working to establish up to 12 fully capable sites over the next few years, said Lt. Col. Ross Dotzlaf, AFIMSC force generation integration and readiness chief.
“As these sites come online, they will be able to satisfy the need for units to train on the tactics, techniques and procedures needed for the high-end flight,” he said. “To accomplish this goal, the sites will offer austere training environments and come equipped with low-density, high-demand training assets.”
The 12th ATF is responsible for ensuring that Combat Service Support Team Airmen from Barksdale, Little Rock and Scott are prepared and certified to deploy in fiscal year 2026.
According to Gen. David Allvin, the Air Force Chief of Staff, “these pathfinding ATFs will work and train together throughout their Air Force Force Generation cycle to ensure they are at peak effectiveness on Day One of any deployment.”
