
美國空軍將部分F-16戰機自烏山基地移回群山基地,在集中效率與分散韌性之間取得平衡。
美國空軍將先前集中於烏山基地的部分F-16戰機移回群山基地,結束「超級中隊」實驗,重回分散部署以提升危機調度彈性與戰力韌性。
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美軍先前曾將31架F-16集中於烏山空軍基地進行「超級中隊」測試。
美國空軍曾把31架F-16戰機集中在南韓烏山空軍基地進行測試,如今卻又逐步將戰機分散回群山基地。這項看似「拆散」戰力的調整,實際是在測試集中部署與分散部署的差異,讓F-16能在不同基地維持作戰能力。
軍聞網站《Army Recognition》報導,美國空軍9月28日公布最新影像,顯示1架F-16於9月15日自烏山基地飛往群山基地,這是美軍重新調整南韓F-16部署的一環。這項行動也意味著美軍先前集中F-16的「超級中隊」(Super Squadron)實驗,正逐步回到分散部署模式。
2024年,美軍曾將9架F-16從群山第8戰鬥機聯隊調往烏山第36戰鬥機中隊,使該中隊擴增至31架戰機,並搭配約150名飛行與後勤人員,測試大量戰機集中於單一基地後,能否提升出動架次、訓練、維修及後勤效率。
集中測試後 美軍改打「分散牌」
美國太平洋空軍司令部今年4月要求第7航空軍恢復3個F-16中隊的架構,分布於烏山與群山兩座基地。美軍認為,兩地各自維持戰機部隊,能讓戰機出動、維修與補給不必完全依賴單一基地,增加危機時的調度彈性。
對戰機部隊而言,這種分散部署也代表即使其中一座基地的跑道或設施受損,另一處仍可維持部分作戰能力。群山基地甚至曾演練在主要跑道無法使用時,讓F-16改用滑行道起降,訓練部隊維持持續出動能力。
目前群山基地的第35、80戰鬥機中隊均操作F-16C/D戰機,任務涵蓋制空、戰略攻擊、阻絕及近接空中支援。美軍這次重新分配戰機,並非放棄先前的集中部署實驗,而是把測試結果納入新的部署方式,在集中戰力帶來的效率與分散部署提供的韌性之間取得平衡。

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