Combat Air Force Contracted Air Support (CAF CAS)

The Combat Air Forces Contracted Air Support program seeks to acquire non-personal services from industry providers to simulate advanced adversary air threats and deliver contracted close air support sorties, enhancing pilot combat readiness and training for Joint Terminal Attack Controllers. Contractors must supply complete air support capabilities including aircraft, qualified pilots, maintenance, support equipment, systems, and program management to enable realistic training scenarios across both continental and overseas locations, serving multiple Air Force and Department of Defense customers. Services are required to replicate realistic threat environments critical to maintaining combat effectiveness and mission readiness across the Combat Air Forces. The solicitation, identified as FA489024R0029, was posted on May 13, 2026, with a deadline for responses on June 15, 2026. It falls under NAICS code 611512 and is managed by the Department of Defense through the Office of FA4890 Hq Acc Amic, located in Hampton, Virginia. Performance will span multiple CONUS and OCONUS sites without a fixed primary location. Primary point of contact is Jeremy Young, reachable at 907-903-6086 or jeremy.young.19@us.af.mil, with Tiera Clark as the secondary contact at 757-225-1583 or tiera.clark.1@us.af.mil. All proposals must meet stringent operational and logistical requirements to ensure seamless integration with active combat training ecosystems.