New SOUTHCOM Permanent Cartel Task Force Will Expand Air Force Role | Air & Space Forces Magazine

New SOUTHCOM Permanent Cartel Task Force Will Expand Air Force Role | Air & Space Forces Magazine

As U.S. Southern Command shifts its counter-narcotics mission to a permanent task force, the Air Force piece of the larger war on cartels in Latin America and the Caribbean is likely to grow. SOUTHCOM commander Marine Corps Gen. Francis Donovan announced on Aug. 3 on X.com and official video releases that the command had ended the temporary Joint Task Force-Southern Spear and Operation Southern Spear. The command, he said, would shift its missi…