Aerospace PowerAerospace Power

ReviewReview

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OverviewOverview

Aerospace Power Core Competencies Functions Doctrine Tenets of Aerospace Power Future

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Aerospace TriviaAerospace Trivia

ARE YOU READY

TO PLAY?

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Three components of aerospace Three components of aerospace power?power?

Integrated application, Air and Space systems, project global

military power

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Fundamental truths that apply to Fundamental truths that apply to the aerospace environment?the aerospace environment?

Tenets

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Examples of which function?Examples of which function?

Counterair

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Rapid Global Mobility is an Rapid Global Mobility is an example of what?example of what?

An Air Force Core Compentency

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The Only Five Star General The Air The Only Five Star General The Air Force Has Had?Force Has Had?

HENRY “HAP” ARNOLD

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Technology influences what Technology influences what important concept of Aerospace important concept of Aerospace

Power?Power?

Doctrine

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Who Launched B-25s off an Aircraft Who Launched B-25s off an Aircraft Carrier During WWII Against the Carrier During WWII Against the

Japanese?Japanese?

JIMMY DOOLITTLE

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Lesson learned by the Army Air Lesson learned by the Army Air Corps in North Africa during WW II?Corps in North Africa during WW II?

Centralized Control and Decentralized Execution

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Sound barrier broken by Chuck Sound barrier broken by Chuck Yeager in which plane?Yeager in which plane?

Bell XS-1 – “Glamorous Glennis”

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Which Act Made The Air Force a Which Act Made The Air Force a Separate Service?Separate Service?

NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947

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ACTS was first established at ACTS was first established at which AF base?which AF base?

Langley AFB, VA (later moved to Maxwell AFB, AL)

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Air Operation in Vietnam With Clear Air Operation in Vietnam With Clear Objectives, the Most Concentrated of the Objectives, the Most Concentrated of the War, and Brought the N. Vietnamese Back War, and Brought the N. Vietnamese Back

to the Peace Talks?to the Peace Talks?

LINEBACKER II

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Match The Aircraft With Its Match The Aircraft With Its NicknameNickname

B-2 - SPIRIT

F-117 - NIGHTHAWK

F-106 - DELTA DART

C-130 - HERCULES

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CompetenciesCompetencies

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)

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CompetenciesCompetencies

Aerospace Superiority

Global Attack

Rapid Global Mobility

Precision Engagement

Information Superiority

Agile Combat Support

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FunctionsFunctions

Functions are broad, fundamental and continuing activities of Aerospace Power - not necessarily unique to the Air Force

(AFDD-1, p 45)

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FunctionsFunctions

Counterair Counterspace Countersea Counterland Strategic attack Airlift Air Refueling Spacelift Intelligence Counterinformation Surveillance Reconnaissance Special Operations Combat Search &

Res Nav & Positioning Weather Service Command and Control

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DoctrineDoctrine

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)

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Current DoctrineCurrent 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.

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Tenets Of Aerospace Power

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SummarySummary

Aerospace Power Core Competencies Functions Doctrine Tenets of Aerospace Power Future

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FutureFuture

What Capabilities Will The Air Force Have In 2025?Stealth Bases

Separate Space Force

Bases on the Moon

Directed Energy Weapons

Human-Machine Interaction

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Will we still be the Air Will we still be the Air Force?Force?

or will we be known as theor will we be known as the

The United States Space and Air Force