Aerospace Power Review 1 Overview Aerospace Power Core

Aerospace Power Review 1

Overview § § § Aerospace Power Core Competencies Functions Doctrine Tenets of Aerospace Power Future 2

Aerospace Trivia ARE YOU READY TO PLAY? 3

Three components of aerospace power? Integrated application, Air and Space systems, project global military power 4

Fundamental truths that apply to the aerospace environment? Tenets 5

Examples of which function? Counterair 6

Rapid Global Mobility is an example of what? An Air Force Core Compentency 7

The Only Five Star General The Air Force Has Had? HENRY “HAP” ARNOLD 8

Technology influences what important concept of Aerospace Power? Doctrine 9

Who Launched B-25 s off an Aircraft Carrier During WWII Against the Japanese? JIMMY DOOLITTLE 10

Lesson learned by the Army Air Corps in North Africa during WW II? Centralized Control and Decentralized Execution 11

Sound barrier broken by Chuck Yeager in which plane? Bell XS-1 – “Glamorous Glennis” 12

Which Act Made The Air Force a Separate Service? NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947 13

ACTS was first established at which AF base? Langley AFB, VA (later moved to Maxwell AFB, AL) 14

Air Operation in Vietnam With Clear Objectives, the Most Concentrated of the War, and Brought the N. Vietnamese Back to the Peace Talks? LINEBACKER II 15

Match The Aircraft With Its Nickname B-2 - SPIRIT F-117 - NIGHTHAWK F-106 - DELTA DART C-130 - HERCULES 16

Competencies Core competencies represent the combination of professional knowledge, airpower expertise, and technological know-how that the Air Force brings to any activity across the range of military operations (AFDD-1, p 27) 17

Competencies Aerospace Superiority Global Attack Rapid Global Mobility Precision Engagement Information Superiority Agile Combat Support 18

Functions are broad, fundamental and continuing activities of Aerospace Power - not necessarily unique to the Air Force (AFDD-1, p 45) 19

Functions § § § § § Counterair Countersea Strategic attack Air Refueling Intelligence Surveillance Special Operations Nav & Positioning Command Control Counterspace Counterland Airlift Spacelift Counterinformation Reconnaissance Combat Search & Res Weather Service 20

Doctrine Aerospace doctrine is a statement of officially sanctioned beliefs and warfighting principles that describe and guide the proper use of Air and Space forces in military operations (AFDD-1, p 1) 21

Current Doctrine § Our current doctrine (belief in the best way to employ aerospace power) is to possess the capability (deterrence) to strategically strike the enemy’s center’s of gravity with precision and impact, at any time, anywhere in the world, thus limiting further escalation of the conflict. 22

Video Tenets Of Aerospace Power 23

Summary § § § Aerospace Power Core Competencies Functions Doctrine Tenets of Aerospace Power Future 24

Future What Capabilities Will The Air Force Have In 2025? Stealth Bases Separate Space Force Bases on the Moon Directed Energy Weapons Human-Machine Interaction 25

Will we still be the Air Force? or will we be known as the The United States Space and Air Force 26